Northern brown bandicoot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern brown bandicoot lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Isoodon macrourus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Peramelemorphia
Family	Peramelidae

Where does the northern brown bandicoot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern brown bandicoot in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the northern brown bandicoot endangered?

The northern brown bandicoot’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern brown bandicoot?

The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) is a mammal in the order Peramelemorphia and the family Peramelidae, genus Isoodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern brown bandicoot

The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea. It is not, however, found far inland.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern brown bandicoot (revision 1369407462), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194272 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).