Isoodon obesulus (Shaw 1797)

[Didelphis] obesula Shaw 1797, Nat. Misc., 8: 298.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase Natl. Park, 33°36'S, 151°16'E, see Dixon (1981).

Vernacular Names: Southern Brown Bandicoot.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Isoodon obesulus subsp. obesulus Shaw 1797

Subspecies Isoodon obesulus subsp. nauticus Thomas 1922

Distribution: SE New South Wales, S Victoria, SE South Australia, N Queensland, SW Western Australia, Nuyts Arch. (Great Australian Bight, S Australian coast), and Tasmania.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as I. o. nauticus, Lower Risk (nt) as I. o. fusciventer, I. o. obesulus, and I. o. peninsulae; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.