Northern Brown Bandicoot
The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) is a robust, short‑snouted bandicoot found across northern and eastern Australia (and in parts of New Guinea). It is best known for its strong digging behaviour: at night it uses its sensitive nose and powerful foreclaws to turn over leaf litter and...
Long-nosed Bandicoot
The long‑nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) is a medium‑sized marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is best known for its long, pointed snout and its habit of digging small, conical holes while foraging at night for insects and other invertebrates. In many areas it lives in forests and woodlan...
Southern Brown Bandicoot
The southern brown bandicoot is a small marsupial from southern Australia that forages by probing with its snout and digging rapidly with strong foreclaws. It feeds on a mix of invertebrates, fungi and underground plant parts, leaving many small pits and churned patches that are a distinctive sign o...