Southern Brown Bandicoot

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

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 have a 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 with a 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 and 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. They show 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦, with 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 being 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 than 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. On average, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟓𝟎 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, and 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 up to 𝟏.𝟐 𝐤𝐠 , while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟒𝟎 𝐜𝐦 and 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 on more than 𝟏 𝐤𝐠 .They have 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 that is 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐝 and 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 a 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐢𝐬𝐡 to 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, with the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 a 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐲-𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 or 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲. The 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 is 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 about 𝟏𝟑 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, and is 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 and 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧  𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 are 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 in 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, where they are found across almost the 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧  𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐛, and 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, especially where there is 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 by 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐬 or 𝐦𝐚𝐭-𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 are 𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 and 𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 on 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬, and 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐢.They spend 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, being able to 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 from their diet. Their 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 include 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, and 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬.