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Isoodon auratus (Golden Bandicoot)

Synonyms: Perameles auratus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus) is a short-nosed bandicoot found in northern Australia. It is the smallest of its genus . The golden bandicoot is now a threatened species. It was once found throughout much of northwestern Australia, with even a patch on the New South Wales/South Australia border, but it is now restricted to the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and to Augustus, Barrow and Middle Islands off of Western Australia (I. auratus barrowensis) and Marchinbar Island of Northern Territory. It is distinguished from the brown bandicoots by its golden colouring and much smaller size.
View Wikipedia Record: Isoodon auratus

Infraspecies

Isoodon auratus arnhemensis (Golden bandicoot)
Isoodon auratus auratus (Golden bandicoot)
Isoodon auratus barrowensis (Barrow Island golden bandicoot)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Isoodon auratus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.04
EDGE Score: 3.79
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.069 lbs (485 g)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  5 months 21 days
Male Maturity [3]  3 months 1 day
Gestation [1]  12 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  14 inches (35 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Kimberly tropical savanna Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mitchell River National Park 284913 Western Australia, Australia      
Prince Regent River Nature Reserve Ia 1428602 Western Australia, Australia  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Labiobulura peramelis[4]
Linstowinema warringtoni <Unverified Name>[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0