| Northern brown bandicoot[1] | |
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| Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Isoodon |
| Species: | I. macrourus
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| Binomial name | |
| Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842)
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| Northern brown bandicoot range (blue — extant, black — extinct) | |
The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea. It is not, however, found far inland.[1]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Lunney, D.; Dickman, C.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Isoodon macrourus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40552A21966494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40552A21966494.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.