Species Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842)
Northern Brown Bandicoot
Introduction
Subspecies not identified in Mahoney & Ride (1988: 29), synonymies followed Lyne & Mort (1981: 129, 130) — including extralimital synonym P. moresbyensis.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, low open woodland, nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, subtropical, tall open forest, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Prefers areas with dense ground cover, including tall grass and shrubs, irrespective of kind of tree cover, digs shallow nesting depressions, excavates prey.
General References
Armstrong, S.M., Chesworth, M.J., Willig, R., Coleman, G.J. & Cassone, V.M. 1990. Unusual circadian activity rhythms in captive bandicoots Isoodon obesulus and Isoodon macrourus. pp. 271-283 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Attard, S.M. & McKillup, S.C. 1998. Reproduction and growth of the bandicoot Isoodon macrourus at four sites in Rockhampton, Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 20: 409-410
Braithwaite, R.W. 1989. Shelter selection by a small mammal community in the wet-dry tropics of Australia. Australian Mammalogy 12: 55-59
Chase, J. & Graydon, M.L. 1990. The eye of the northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macroura. pp. 117-122 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Close, R.L. 1984. Rates of sex chromosome loss during development in different tissues of the bandicoots Perameles nasuta and Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae). Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 37: 53-61
Friend, G.R. 1990. Breeding and population dynamics of Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae): studies from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia. pp. 357-365 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Friend, G.R. & Taylor, J.A. 1985. Habitat preferences of small mammals in tropical open-forest of the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Ecology 10: 173-185
Gemmell, G.T. 1982. Breeding bandicoots in Brisbane (Isoodon macrourus; Marsupialia, Peramelidae). Australian Mammalogy 5: 187-193
Gemmell, R.T. 1986. Lung development in the marsupial bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus. Journal of Anatomy 148: 193-204
Gemmell, R.T. 1986. Sexual maturity in the female bandicoot Isoodon macrourus (Gould) in captivity. Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 199-204
Gemmell, R.T. 1987. Influence of melatonin on the initiation of the breeding season of the marsupial bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 79: 261-265
Gemmell, R.T. 1987. Sexual maturity in the captive male bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus. Australian Journal of Zoology 35: 433-441
Gemmell, R.T. 1988. The oestrous cycle length of the bandicoot Isoodon macrourus. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 633-635
Gemmell, R.T. 1989. Breeding season and litter size of the bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae), in captivity. Australian Mammalogy 12: 77-80
Gemmell, R.T. 1990. Longevity and reproductive capability of Isoodon macrourus in captivity. pp. 213-217 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Gemmell, R.T. 1990. The initiation of the breeding season of the northern brown bandicoot Isoodon macrourus in captivity. pp. 205-212 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Gemmell, R.T. 1991. Effect of the presence of females on plasma testosterone concentration of male marsupial bandicoots, Isoodon macrourus, housed in enclosures. General and Comparative Endocrinology 83: 458-462
Gemmell, R.T., Johnston, G. & Barnes, A. 1984. The uniformity of growth within the litter of the marsupial, Isoodon macrourus. Growth 48: 221-233
Gemmell, R.T., Walker, M.T., Johnston, G. & Cepon, G. 1984. The number of young present in sequential litters of the marsupial bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus, in captivity. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 623-629
Gemmell, R.T. & Hendrichz, J.K. 1993. Growth rates of the bandicoot Isoodon macrourus and the brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 141-149
Gemmell, R.T. & Johnston, G. 1985. The development of thermoregulation and the emergence from the pouch of the marsupial bandicoot Isoodon macrourus. Physiological Zoology 58: 299-302
Gordon, G. 1974. Movements and activity of the Shortnosed Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus Gould (Marsupialia). Mammalia 38: 405-431
Gordon, G. 1995. Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus. pp. 174-175 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Hall, L.S. 1983. Observations on body weights and breeding of the northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus, trapped in south-east Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 10: 467-476
Hall, L.S. 1990. Growth and a description of the development of external features of pouch young of captive Isoodon macrourus. pp. 123-133 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Hall, L.S., & Leslie, R.J. 1990. Morphological development of the adrenal and pituitary glands in Isoodon macrourus. pp. 135-157 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Harding, H.R., Carrick, F.N. & Shorey, C.D. 1979. Special features of sperm structure and function in marsupials. pp. 289-303 in Fawcett, D.W. & Bedford, J.M. (eds). The Spermatozoon. Maturation, motility, surface-properties and comparative aspects. Baltimore : Urban & Schwarzenberg.
Harrison, J.L. 1962. The food of some Innisfail mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 73: 37-43
Johnson, D.H. 1964. Mammals of the Arnhem Land Expedition. 427-515 pls 1-16 in Specht, R.L. (ed.). Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Zoology. Parkville : Melbourne University Press Vol. 4 xvii 533 pp.
Johnston, G.M. & Gemmell, R.T. 1987. Thyroid development in the marsupial bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus. Anatomical Records 217: 178-187
Kemper, C., Kitchener, D.J., Humphreys, W.F., How, R.A., Schmitt, L.H. & Bradley, A. 1990. The biology of the northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia; Peramelida) at Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 627-644
Kratzing, J.E. 1990. Olfactory sense organs in Isoodon macrourus in the early pouch young and adult. pp. 153-158 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Lyne, A.G. 1982. The bandicoots Isoodon macrourus and Perameles nasuta: their maintenance and breeding in captivity. pp. 47-52 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.
Lyne, A.G. & Hollis, D.E. 1983. Observations on Graafian follicles and oocytes during lactation and after the removal of pouch young in the marsupials Isoodon macrourus and Perameles nasuta. American Journal of Anatomy 166: 41-61
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
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.
McIlwee, A.P. & Johnson, C.N. 1998. The contribution of fungus to the diets of three mycophagous marsupials in Eucalyptus forests, revealed by stable isotope analysis. Functional Ecology 12: 223-231
Merchant, J.C. 1990. Aspects of lactation in the northern brown bandicoot Isoodon macrourus. pp. 219-228 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Merchant, J.C., Libke, J.A. & Newgrain, K. 1996. Milk consumption and estimates of growth energetics in pouch young of the northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Peramelidae, Marsupialia) in captivity. Journal of Zoology, London 238: 483-494
Padykula, H.A. & Taylor, J.M. 1977. Uniqueness of the bandicoot chorioallantoic placenta (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) cytological and evolutionary interpretations. pp. 303-323 in Calaby, J.H. & Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. (eds). Reproduction and Evolution. Proceedings of the fourth symposium on comparative biology of reproduction, held in Canberra, December 1976. Canberra : Australian Academy of Science.
Reddell, P., Spain, A.V. & Hopkins, M. 1997. Dispersal of spores of mycorrhizal fungi in scats of native mammals in tropical forests of northeastern Australia. Biotropica 29: 184-192
Rouille, Y., Chauvet, M.-T. & Archer, R. 1988. Dual duplication of neurohypophyseal hormones in an Australian marsupial: mesotocin, oxytocin, lysine vassopressin and arginine vasopressin in a single gland of the northern bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 154: 346-350
Tedman, R.A. 1990. Some observations on the visceral anatomy of the bandicoot Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae). pp. 107-116 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
Todhunter, R. & Gemmell, R.T. 1987. Seasonal changes in the reproductive tract of the male marsupial bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 257-262
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Northern Brown Bandicoot)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 | Isoodon Desmarest, 1817 | 09-Oct-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Jul-2016 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED |