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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Isoodon |
| Species: | I. auratus
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| Isoodon auratus (Ramsay, 1887)
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| Golden bandicoot range | |
The golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus; Yolngu: Wan'kurra) is a short-nosed bandicoot found in northern Australia. It is the smallest of its genus, and is distinguished from the brown bandicoots by its golden colouring and much smaller size.
It was once found throughout much of northern, central and western Australia, into south-western New South Wales, but it is now restricted to a few areas in Western Australia (WA) and the Northern Territory (NT). The I. auratus auratus subspecies, also known as the golden bandicoot (mainland), is found in the Kimberley region of WA, and on three of the Wessel Islands, NT: Marchinbar, Raragala, and Guluwuru Islands. Another subspecies, I. auratus barrowensis or golden bandicoot (Barrow Island), is found on Augustus, Barrow and Middle Islands off Western Australia (I. auratus barrowensis). As of 2023[update] the classification into subspecies is debated; however the whole species is classed as vulnerable species.
- ^ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Burbidge, A. A.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Isoodon auratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
Golden Bandicoot Isoodon auratus has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2012. Isoodon auratus is listed as Vulnerable under criteria B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v).
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