Cape York brown bandicoot
Species of marsupial
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The Cape York brown bandicoot (Isoodon peninsulae), is a species of bandicoot which is endemic to the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Southern brown bandicoot.[2][3]
| Cape York brown bandicoot | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Isoodon |
| Species: | I. peninsulae |
| Binomial name | |
| Isoodon peninsulae Thomas, 1922 | |
Conservation
Under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 it is regarded as Least Concern.[1]