What is the Southern brown bandicoot

The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia.

It is also known as the quenda in South Western Australia (from the Noongar word kwernt).

Conservation status
The southern brown bandicoot is currently classified as Least Concern by the IUCN.

However, populations have declined markedly and become much more fragmented in the time since European expansion on the Australian mainland.

In many areas of its range the species is threatened locally, while it may be common where rainfall is high enough and vegetation cover is thick enough.

Apart from habitat fragmentation, the species is under pressure from introduced predators such as the red fox and feral cats.

It has been reintroduced to some lower rainfall areas where there is protection against cat and fox predation - one such site being Wadderin Sanctuary in the eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia, 300 km east of Perth.

In national assessment, the southern brown bandicoot is currently regarded as Endangered on the mainland as a whole, and Vulnerable in South Australia.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_brown_bandicoot

News
Volunteers are creating a wildlife corridor to help support the endangered southern brown bandicoot. https://www.facebook.com/aroundsouthaustralia/posts/1713269338931968