Peramelidae (family)

2 Unidentified Bandicoot at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

	Peramelidae (family)	31 Aug 2022	DonFletcher
	Perameles nasuta	31 Aug 2022	LukeMcElhinney

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

1 Sep 2022

New recorded bandicoot location, all species are at least uncommon in the ACT. Nearest other recorded location is NE of Bendora arboretum

2 comments

DonFletcher wrote:

31 Aug 2022

Hi Luke
I have confirmed as a bandicoot and very likely it was a LNB, but that photo does not enable species to be identified eg could be SBB (Isoodon obesulus) which also has been recorded in ACT, or stretching it a bit, even EBB which probably once occurred in grasslands in this general area of NSW and is still present in Victoria. In fact some people would even question whether I can confirm 'bandicoot' except your 2nd photo is immensely helpful in that regard. On CNM I cant zoom in to pics so if you could enlarge the animal part and add it as a 3rd photo, that would be great! I think this might be tagged as a significant sighting.

LukeMcElhinney wrote:

31 Aug 2022

Hi Don
I am in the field now so will have to post a zoomed in pic later

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Aug 2022 11:55 AM Recorded on
LukeMcElhinney Recorded by
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Significant Featured Mammals Small Marsupials Other Small Marsupials LukeMcElhinney Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Peramelidae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified Bandicoot Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1171.54m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania