Isoodon

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The list of species of Isoodon genus

The short-nosed bandicoots are members of the order Peramelemorphia. These marsupials can be found across Australia, although their distribution can be patchy. Genetic evidence suggests that short-nosed bandicoots diverged from the related long-nosed species around eight million years ago, during the Miocene epoch, and underwent a rapid diversification around three million years ago, during the late Pliocene.

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Southern Brown Bandicoot

Isoodon obesulus

The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus ) is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia. A similar species in South Western Australia, known as the quenda (from the Noongar word 'kwinda') was previously...

Northern brown bandicoot

Isoodon macrourus

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.

Golden Bandicoot

Isoodon auratus

The golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus ) is a short-nosed bandicoot found in northern Australia. It is the smallest of its genus.The golden bandicoot is now a threatened species. It was once found throughout much of northwestern Australia, with even...