Southern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus
Summary 3
The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), also known as the quenda from the local Noongar tongue from South Western Australia, is a short-nosed bandicoot found mostly in southern Australia.
Physical description 4
Short nosed bandicoots are plain looking animals, similar in size and shape to rats and rabbits. The species obesulus has a shorter snout than other species of bandicoot, but it is still elongated for foraging. They have short rounded ears and sharp claws. The short nosed bandicoot has several colors in its fur. The upper part of the fur is usually blackish brown with hints of orange or yellow, while the underside is lighter brown, grey, or white. The short nosed bandicoot has a pouch that runs along the stomach and opens backwards between the hind legs. (Nowak, 1991)
Range mass: 1.1 to 1.4 kg.
Average basal metabolic rate: 1.238 W.
Habitat 5
Isoodon obesulus prefer dense ground cover, tall grass and low shrubbery. They live near swamps and rivers as well as in thick scrub in drier areas. They make their nests on the ground and in logs. The nests consist of sticks, leaves, grass, and soil. (Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1991)
Terrestrial Biomes: savanna or grassland
Habitat 5
Isoodon obesulus prefer dense ground cover, tall grass and low shrubbery. They live near swamps and rivers as well as in thick scrub in drier areas. They make their nests on the ground and in logs. The nests consist of sticks, leaves, grass, and soil. (Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1991)
Terrestrial Biomes: savanna or grassland
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Pierre Pouliquin, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/28442702@N00/96669582
- (c) Pierre Pouliquin, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_pouliquin/96669601/
- Adaptado por Brian Martin del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoodon_obesulus
- (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18652640
- (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18652639
