Isoodon obesulus (Shaw 1797)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 38-42 : 39

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scientific name	Isoodon obesulus (Shaw 1797)
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[Didelphis] obesula Shaw 1797 , Nat. Misc., 8: 298.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase Natl. Park, 33°36'S, 151°16'E, see Dixon (1981). GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Southern Brown Bandicoot.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Isoodon obesulus subsp. obesulus Shaw 1797

Subspecies Isoodon obesulus subsp. nauticus Thomas 1922

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.

Conservation: 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.

References

Dixon, J. M. 1981. Selection of a neotype for the southern short-nosed (brown) bandicoot, Isodon [sic] obesulus (Shaw and Nodder, 1797). Victorian Naturalist, 98 (3): 130 - 135.