Perameles

• Shark Bay Bandicoot Perameles bougainville

  

  The Shark Bay bandicoot is a small marsupial native to islands off Western Australia. It makes a nest beneath shrubs for daytime shelter.

• Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii

  

  The Tasmanian subspecies P. g. gunnii uses areas where grassland and remnant forest occur together. It probes the ground with its long nose for insects and worms.

• Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta

  

  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.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.

• Perameles allinghamensis
• Perameles bowensis
• Perameles wilkinsonorum
• Shark Bay Bandicoot Perameles bougainville

  The Shark Bay bandicoot is a small marsupial native to islands off Western Australia. It makes a nest beneath shrubs for daytime shelter.

• Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta

  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.

• Eastern Barred Bandicoot Perameles gunnii

  The Tasmanian subspecies P. g. gunnii uses areas where grassland and remnant forest occur together. It probes the ground with its long nose for insects and worms.

• Queensland Barred Bandicoot Perameles pallescens

  The species has been recorded in forests in northeastern Australia. A 2025 study examined fur from one young male collected on the Atherton Tablelands, and a camera survey reported in 2026 recorded the species in reference forest and restored corridors.