Found across much of northern and eastern Australia and southern and south eastern New Guinea, the Northern Brown Bandicoot is the largest of Australia’s six bandicoot species.

This bandicoot has small, rounded ears, an elongated snout and a speckled, brown-black coat with a pale to white underbelly.

These marsupials are solitary and largely nocturnal, sheltering during the day in nests made from ground litter constructed over shallow depressions or in tree trunks.

Their diet is comprised of insects, spiders, earthworms and other invertebrates, as well as tubers, underground fungi, seeds and fruits. Food is obtained either on the surface or by digging, which produces characteristic conical shaped holes.

Interesting Fact

When irritated, the Northern Brown Bandicoot makes a ‘whuff, whuff’ noise.