The southern brown bandicoot is a ground-dwelling marsupial. This entry follows the source’s account of the eastern subspecies.
It has a compact body, a long pointed snout and small rounded ears. Black spiny hairs mixed with soft grey underfur give it a brown appearance; the belly is creamy white.
Researchers studied the eastern mainland subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot at Gariwerd, in Australia’s Grampians National Park. In 2025 they combined broad surveys and camera monitoring, then compared a habitat model with field records. At each local site they also noted ground plants and digging signs.
The occupancy model linked more spear grass, slender twine-rush, sedges and digging signs with higher bandicoot presence; dense Callitris was linked to lower presence. The broad model matched field records reasonably well, but some sites predicted as highly suitable had no observations. The study connects regional models with local vegetation features in this fire-prone landscape.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
In Gariwerd, occupancy of the eastern mainland subspecies was associated with spear grass, slender twine-rush, sedge and digging signs, and was lower where Callitris was denser. The authors show how a broad distribution model can be paired with field surveys and fine-scale vegetation records in a changing landscape.