Bandicoot

Taxonomy
FAMILY Peramelidae
GENUS	SPECIES	COMMON NAME	OTHER COMMON NAMES
		(B=bandicoot)
Isodon short-nosed	auratus	Golden B	northern golden B, northern golden-backed B, windaru, wintaroo, nyulu
	obesulus	Southern Brown B	short-nosed B, southern short-nosed B, brown B, quenda
	macrourus	Northern Brown B	brindled B, giant brindled B, long-tailed short-nosed B, large northern B
Parmeles long-nosed	gunnii	Eastern Barred B	Tasmanian barred B, Gunn's B, striped B
	bougainville	Western Barred B	barred B, eastern barred B, Shark Bay B, WA striped B, SA striped B, NSW striped B, marl, little marl, nyemmel
	nasuta	Long-nosed B	none
FAMILY Peroryctlidae (Papua New Guinea bandicoots)
GENUS	SPECIES	COMMON NAME	OTHER COMMON NAMES
Echymipera	rufescens	Rufous Spiny B	spiny B, rufescent B

 

References

• Australia's Amazing Wildlife, 1985. Bay Books, Kensington NSW
• Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife, Reader’s Digest Australia Pty Ltd, 1997. Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd, Surrey Hills
• Complete Book Of Australian Mammals, R Strahan (ed), 1983. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London