Weight: 850-1100g 

Identification: Drab greyish-brown above, creamy white below. Forefeet and upper surface of hindfeet creamy white. Can be distinguished from other bandicoots by the absence of distinct and light bars on the rump. Although, these are sometimes slightly visible in juveniles and occasional adults. Muzzle is long and pointed, and the ears are longer and more pointed than in the Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus). 

Call/Song: A shrill, grunt-like squeek is often uttered whilst foraging. 

Ranges from Ravenshoe in North Queensland down the East coast to Southern Victoria. 

Habitat: Tropical rainforest to cool temperate woodland. 

Movement: Sleeps by day in a rough nest of vegetation in a shallow scrape of soil. It is a solitary animal that aggressively defends its territory. 

Feeding: At night this bandicoot forages for subterranean insects, other invertebrates and succulent parts of plants by digging conical pits with forelegs. 

Breeding/Nesting: Breeding proceeds through the year but is reduced in Winter. Females are sexually mature at five months, males at one year. The female has eight teats in a backwardly directed pouch and usually rears two to three young which are suckled for eight weeks and become independent at nine to ten weeks.

Photo: Iedema

Distribution: Ranges from rainforest to open forest. Commonly seen foraging at night around grassy clearings near the campgrounds and guest houses. 

Abundance: Common 

Cayley, N. W. & Strahan, R.(1987) What Mammal Is That?, Angus & Robertson Publishers, Australia.

Strahan, R.(ed.) (1983) The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals, Angus & Robertson Publishers, Australia.