Southern brown bandicoot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Isoodon obesulus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	0.35 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Peramelemorphia
Family	Peramelidae

Where does the southern brown bandicoot live?

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

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.

How big is a southern brown bandicoot?

Wikidata records the following for the southern brown bandicoot: mass 0.35 g (birth weight).

Is the southern brown bandicoot endangered?

The southern 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 southern brown bandicoot?

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

About the southern brown bandicoot

The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia. A subspecies in Western Australia is also known as the quenda in South Western Australia (from the Noongar word kwinda). This subspecies was elevated to species in 2018.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern brown bandicoot (revision 1345925468), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194151 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).