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Species profile—Isoodon peninsulae (Cape York brown bandicoot)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Peramelidae (Bandicoots) → Isoodon peninsulae (Cape York brown bandicoot)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Peramelidae (Bandicoots)
Scientific name
Isoodon peninsulae Thomas, 1922
Common name
Cape York brown bandicoot
Type reference
Thomas, O. (1922). The bandicoots of Nuyts Archipelago, S. Australia, and of Cape York, N. Queensland. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9: 677-679.
WildNet taxon ID
785
Synonym(s)
Isoodon obesulus
Isoodon obesulus peninsulae
Alternate name(s)
southern brown bandicoot
brown bandicoot
southern short-nosed bandicoot
short-nosed 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=785.

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
20 May 2024