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Quenda Isoodon fusciventer

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

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Quenda: Bandicoot in our garden
Photo: Jean and Fred Hort from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific nameIsoodon fusciventer
GroupMarsupials
Found in1 country
ContinentsOceania
ClassMammal
OrderPeramelemorphia
FamilyPeramelidae

Where does the quenda live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the quenda in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to 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.

What kind of animal is the quenda?

The quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) is a mammal in the order Peramelemorphia and the family Peramelidae, genus Isoodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the quenda

The quenda (Isoodon fusciventer), also known as the southwestern brown bandicoot or western brown bandicoot, is a small marsupial species endemic to Southwest Australia.

Though it was originally treated as a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), such as by the IUCN where it is given the status of least concern, a 2018 paper proposed to raise it to species rank due to molecular and morphological analysis which revealed it was more closely related to the golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus).

It is currently recognised as a separate species by the ASM Mammal Diversity Database, the Australian Faunal Directory and the Atlas of Living Australia.

Quenda are one of the few native marsupials that can still be seen in Perth's urban bushland reserves. They are vulnerable to predation by feral foxes and cats and quenda populations can recover where predators are controlled.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Quenda (revision 1369765887), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q50329215 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).

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