Isoodon obesulus

Smales, L. R., Wood, J. A. L. & Chisholm, L. A., 2024, A review and comparison of the nematode assemblages of the Australian golden bandicoot, Isoodon auratus, the quenda, I. fusciventer and southern brown bandicoot, I. obesulus (Peramelidae), from material held in the south Australian museum, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 24, pp. 100938-100938 : 100938-

4.5. Comparison of nematode communities within I. obesulus

The nematode communities of the subspecies of I. obesulus , particularly I. o. affinis and I. o. obesulus , as seen in Table 7, show almost no differences in community composition. The small sample of I. o. nauticus, whilst supporting the contention that La. inglisi is the most prevalent species in the I. obesulus nematode community, is not large enough to claim that it may be the only nematode species in the community of the subspecies I. o. nauticus. Isoodon o. affinis differs from I. o. obesulus only in the presence of three species, all at low prevalences (1.1%), an Heterakis sp. , Eucoleus parvulus and Cercopithifilaria johnstoni . The latter two species are difficult to detect at necropsy and at low prevalence each of the species could easily be missed. The only species unique to I. o. obesulus was E. pseudoplumosus , for which a similar explanation would apply.