Planigale novaeguineae is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Planigale novaeguineae is commonly known (its common name) as the New Guinean Planigale or the Papuan Planigale in English. In French (Français), Planigale novaeguineae is commonly known as the Planigale De Nlle Guinée.

Planigale novaeguineae is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Planigale novaeguineae's population trend was unknown at last assessment.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Planigale novaeguineae is Tate & Archbold, 1941 (IUCN Red List).

Country Distribution: Planigale novaeguineae is found in the following countries:

Papua New Guinea (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Planigale novaeguineae: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 2.1 Savanna - Dry 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry Lowland (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Planigale novaeguineae is listed as VU D2 ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Planigale novaeguineae's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Planigale novaeguineae's Red List status was evaluated by Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Planigale novaeguineae:[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Planigale novaeguineae (IUCN Red List).

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