Southern Brown Bandicoot
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Southern Brown Bandicoot

Isoodon obesulus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Great Otway National Park
17 Verified records at Great Otway National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia. A subspecies in Western Australia is also known as the quenda in South Western Australia (from the Noongar word kwinda). This subspecies was elevated to species in 2018. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Brown Bandicoot sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park

Long-nosed Bandicoot
LC Endemic

Long-nosed Bandicoot

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Perameles nasuta

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Maria Island National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
80–90%
2 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
3 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
4 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
5 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
6 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Brown Bandicoot in Great Otway National Park?

About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Brown Bandicoot sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Southern Brown Bandicoot in Great Otway National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Southern Brown Bandicoot in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.

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