Golden Bandicoot
Isoodon auratus
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Peramelemorphia
- Family
- Peramelidae
The golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus; Yolngu: Wan'kurra) is a short-nosed bandicoot found in northern Australia. It is the smallest of its genus, and is distinguished from the brown bandicoots by its golden colouring and much smaller size. It was once found throughout much of northern, central and western Australia, into south-western New South Wales, but it is now restricted to a few areas in Western Australia (WA) and the Northern Territory (NT).
Le bandicoot doré (Isoodon auratus ; en anglais : The Golden Bandicoot) est une espèce de petit marsupial, un bandicoot vivant dans le Nord de l'Australie Description Il mesure 30 cm de la tête au début de la queue avec une queue de 15 cm. Il pèse de 250 à 650 g. C'est de loin le plus petit des bandicoots.
El bandicut dorado (Isoodon auratus) es una especie de marsupial peramelemorfo de la familia Peramelidae originaria del norte de Australia. Es con diferencia el más pequeño del género Isoodon, con poco más de la mitad del tamaño de sus parientes, el bandicut marrón septentrional (I. macrourus) y el bandicut marrón meridional (I.
Distribution
More from the same family
Common Echymipera
Echymipera kalubu
PeramelidaeLong-nosed Echymipera
Echymipera rufescens
PeramelidaeWestern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon fusciventer
PeramelidaeNorthern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon macrourus
PeramelidaeSouthern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus
PeramelidaeLong-tailed Bandicoot
Microperoryctes longicauda
PeramelidaeShark Bay Bandicoot
Perameles bougainville
PeramelidaeDesert Bandicoot
Perameles eremiana
Peramelidae