Short-nosed bandicoot
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| Short-nosed bandicoots[1] | |
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| Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Subfamily: | Peramelinae |
| Genus: | Isoodon (Desmarest, 1817) |
| Type species | |
| Didelphis obesula (Shaw, 1797) | |
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The short-nosed bandicoots (genus Isoodon) are members of the order Peramelemorphia. They can be found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and in Albany, Western Australia.[citation needed]
Species
There are three species in this genus:
- Golden Bandicoot, Isoodon auratus
- Northern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus
- Southern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus
References
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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