The long-nosed bandicoot lives in forests and scrubland in eastern Australia. It probes the ground with its long snout and digs for insects and other small invertebrates at night.
It has gray-brown fur, a long pointed snout, pointed ears, and a short tail.
Researchers studied long-nosed bandicoots and vegetation at 96 camera-trap sites in Booderee National Park, New South Wales. The cameras and vegetation measurements were collected in April and May 2011, covering shrubs, small trees and taller trees.
The occupancy model linked bandicoot occurrence with fine-scale variation in small-tree cover. Estimated occupancy was highest where that cover varied more from place to place and where total small-tree cover was lower. The number of habitat types in the wider landscape was not related to occupancy in this study.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
In this park, long-nosed bandicoot occupancy was associated with the fine-scale heterogeneity of small-tree cover, while the broader count of habitat types was not. The finding identifies local vegetation structure as a relevant part of habitat assessment for this species in Booderee National Park.