Southern Brown Bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago)

Isoodon obesulus nauticus

Australia's Threatened Species Category

Vulnerable

Listed since: 26/03/2008

IUCN's Threatened Species Category

Least Concern

Listed since: 16/05/2014

Population trend: Decreasing

Other names: None

Priority Species? No

The Australian government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 selected over 100 priority species derive from consultation with threatened species experts and the wider community. While all species are important, focusing on a limited number of species can help target effort and resources so that outcomes can be achieved, measured and shared.

Description

The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago) occurs on islands in the Nuyts Archipelago, off the west coast of South Australia�s Eyre Peninsula. The islands feature granite boulders with limestone domes and large sand dunes. The Southern Brown Bandicoot is omnivorous, eating both plants and animals. It forages for food mainly by digging in the leaf litter and soil to find insects, fungi and plant root nodules and bulbs. The bandicoots
prefer to live in areas with thick vegetation and construct nests under plants on the ground.

Threats

The main identified threats to the Southern Brown Bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago) include habitat disturbance, and extinction of local populations due to its susceptibility to stochastic events, as a result of its extremely limited distribution.