Isoodon auratus arnhemensis Lyne & Mort, 1981

Golden bandicoot

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Isoodon arnhemensis Lyne & Mort, 1981

Conservation Status

Extinct (Travouillon et al., 2026)

Distribution & Habitat

Top end, Northern Territory, Australia

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Lyne, A. G. and Mort, P. A. (1981). A comparison of skull morphology in the marsupial bandicoot genus Isoodon: Its taxonomic implicationsand notes on a new species, Isoodon arnhemensis. Australian Mammalogy 4: 107-133.

Other references:

Travouillon, Kenny J., Cooper, S. J. B., Bertozzi, T., MacDonald, A. J., Roycroft, Emily, Phillips, M. J., Dahl, S., Comer, S. and Stemmer, D. (2026). Genetic and morphological reassessment of the genus Isoodon (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) and description of new species and subspecies. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 136: 1-53. https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.3ej9p

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