Isoodon auratus auratus (Ramsay, 1887)

Golden bandicoot

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct (Travouillon et al., 2026)

Last record: "has not been recorded for many years" (Travouillon et al., 2026:18)

Distribution & Habitat

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia & Western Australia, Australia

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Ramsay, E. P. (1887). Description of three new species of mammals from north west Australia. Abstract of Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1887, vi.

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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