Southern Brown Bandicoot
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Southern Brown Bandicoot

Isoodon obesulus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
80–90% · Very likely
overall probability at Maria Island National Park
106 Verified records at Maria Island National Park
November 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 →

80–90% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Brown Bandicoot sighting in Maria Island National Park, based on 106 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

80–90
Jan
70–80
Feb
80–90
Mar
80–90
Apr
70–80
May
80–90
Jun
70–80
Jul
70–80
Aug
80–90
Sep
50–60
Oct
80–90
Nov
80–90
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 Maria Island National Park?

About 81% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Brown Bandicoot sighting in Maria Island National Park, based on 106 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Southern Brown Bandicoot in Maria Island National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Brown Bandicoot in Maria Island National Park in our monthly data.

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