Southern brown bandicoot

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q194151
Southern brown bandicoot
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Summary

Southern brown bandicoot is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (543 views/month, #1,537 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: short-nosed bandicoot[5]
  • Endemic to: Australia[6]
  • Taxon name: Isoodon obesulus[7]
  • Commons category: Isoodon obesulus[8]
  • Original combination: Didelphis obesula[9]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[10]
  • Short name: I. obesulus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Péramèle Obése À Ventre Sombre[12], Nuyts Southern Brown Bandicoot[13], Quenda[14], Southern Brown Bandicoot[15], Kleiner Kurznasenbeutler[16]
  • Mass: 0.35 g[17]
  • Gestation period: 14 day[18]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 6.5 years[19]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[20]
  • Taxon author citation: (Shaw, 1797)[21]
  • Litter size: 2.5[22]

Body

Identifiers

Southern brown bandicoot's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43294[23]. Southern brown bandicoot's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 65612[24]. Southern brown bandicoot's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 323865[25]. Southern brown bandicoot's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435311[26]. Southern brown bandicoot's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552656[27].

Why It Matters

Southern brown bandicoot has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Isoodon obesulus (Peramelemorphia: Peramelidae). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Isoodon obesulus (Peramelemorphia: Peramelidae). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Isoodon obesulus (Peramelemorphia: Peramelidae). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Wikipedia languages → ['avk', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → short-nosed bandicoot
    Original combination → Didelphis obesula
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+14'}
    Taxon rank → species
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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