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SPECIES Isoodon obesulus

Author:Shaw, 1797.
Citation:Nat. Misc., 8: 298.
Common Name:Southern Brown Bandicoot
Type Locality:Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase Natl. Park, 33°36'S, 151°16'E, see Dixon (1981).
Distribution:SE New South Wales, S Victoria, SE South Australia, N Queensland, SW Western Australia, Nuyts Arch. (Great Australian Bight, S Australian coast), and Tasmania.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable as I. o. nauticus, Lower Risk (nt) as I. o. fusciventer, I. o. obesulus, and I. o. peninsulae; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.
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SUBSPECIES obesulus

SUBSPECIES nauticus

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