Long-nosed Bandicoot
Perameles nasuta
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,722
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta), a marsupial, is a species of bandicoot found in eastern Australia, from north Queensland along the east coast to Victoria. Around 40 centimetres (16 in) long, it is sandy- or grey-brown with a long snouty nose. Omnivorous, it forages for invertebrates, fungi and plants at night.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Long-nosed bandicoot”.