Northern brown bandicoot
The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea. It is not, however, found far inland.
| Northern brown bandicoot | |
|---|---|
| Queensland, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Isoodon |
| Species: | I. macrourus |
| Binomial name | |
| Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) | |
| Northern brown bandicoot range (blue — extant, black — extinct) | |
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