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Species profile—Isoodon macrourus (northern brown bandicoot)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Peramelidae (Bandicoots) → Isoodon macrourus (northern brown bandicoot)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Peramelidae (Bandicoots)
Scientific name
Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842)
Common name
northern brown bandicoot
Type reference
Gould, J. (1842). Characters of a new species of Perameles, and a new species of Dasyurus. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1842: 41-42 [41]
WildNet taxon ID
784
Alternate name(s)
brindled bandicoot
large northern bandicoot
long-tailed short-nosed bandicoot
giant brindled bandicoot
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=784.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022