Species Isoodon auratus (Ramsay, 1887)
Golden Bandicoot
Generic Combinations
- Isoodon auratus (Ramsay, 1887).
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Ride, W.D.L. 1970. A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia. Melbourne : Oxford University Press xiv 249 pp. 62 pls. (auratus and barrowensis separated from obesulus on basis of tests later reported by Kirsch (1977: 57); it is possible that barrowensis is sufficiently distinct to be treated taxonomically as a subspecies; Lyne, A.G. & Mort, P.A. (1981) treat it as a separate species)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Barrow Is., WA.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Cave dweller, closed forest, crepuscular, hummock grassland, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Excavates prey.
General References
Bradshaw, S.D., Morris, K.D., Dickman, C.R., Withers, P.C. & Murphey, D. 1994. Field metabolism and turnover in the golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus) and other small mammals from Barrow Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 29-41
Dahl, K. 1897. Biological notes on North-Australian Mammalia. The Zoologist 4 1: 189-216
Ellis, M., Wilson, P. & Hamilton, S. 1991. The golden bandicoot, Isoodon auratus Ramsey 1887, in western New South Wales during European times. The Australian Zoologist 27: 36-37
Kirsch, J.A.W. 1977. The comparative serology of Marsupialia, and a classification of marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 52: 1-152
Lyne, A.G. & Mort, P.A. 1981. A comparison of skull morphology in the marsupial bandicoot genus Isoodon: its taxonomic implications and notes on a new species, Isoodon arnhemensis. Australian Mammalogy 4: 107-133
Mahoney, J.A. & Ride, W.D.L. 1988. Peramelidae. pp. 36-42 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 274 pp.
McKenzie, N.L. 1983. Part IV Mammals. pp. 40-53 in McKenzie, N.L. Wildlife of the Dampier Peninsula, South-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Wildlife Research Bulletin Western Austustralia 11: 1-83
McKenzie, N.L., Chapman, A. & Youngson, W.K. 1975. Part V Mammals of the Prince Regent River Reserve, North-West Kimberley, Western Australia. pp. 69-74 in Miles, J. & Burbidge, A.A. A biological survey of the Prince Regent River Reserve North-West Kimberley, Western Australia in August 1974. Wildlife Research Bulletin Western Austustralia 3: 1-114
McKenzie, N.L., Morris, K.D. & Dickman, C.R. 1995. Golden Bandicoot Isoodon auratus. pp. 172-173 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
McKenzie, N.L. & Youngson W.K. 1983. Part III Mammals. pp. 62-93 in Burbidge, A.A. & McKenzie, N.L. Wildlife of the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia. Wildlife Research Bulletin Western Austustralia 12: 1-127
Pope, L., Storch, D., Adams, M., Moritz, C. & Gordon, G. 2001. A phylogeny for the genus Isoodon and a range extension for Isoodon obesulus peninsulae based on mtDNA control region and morphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 411-434
Short, J. & Turner, B. 1994. A test of the vegetation mosaic hypothesis: A hypothesis to explain the decline and extinction of Australian mammals. Conservation Biology 8: 439-449
Southgate, R., Palmer, C., Adams, M., Masters, P., Triggs, B. & Woinarski, J. 1996. Population and habitat characteristics of the golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus) on Marchinbar Island, Northern Territory. Wildlife Research 23: 647-664
Withers, P.C. 1992. Metabolism, water balance and temperature regulation in the golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus). Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 523-531
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Golden Bandicoot)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2016 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |