Short-nosed bandicoot
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The short-nosed bandicoots (genus Isoodon) are members of the Peramelemorphia order. There are three species in this genus:
- Golden Bandicoot, Isoodon auratus
- Northern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus
- Southern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 39. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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