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title: "Northern Brown Bandicoot"
description: "Isoodon macrourus — Mammiferi. The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/northern-brown-bandicoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Brown Bandicoot

> Isoodon macrourus — Mammiferi. The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Isoodon macrourus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2115
- Wikidata: [Q194272](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194272)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43301](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43301)

## Names

- en: Northern Brown Bandicoot
- de: Großer Kurznasenbeutler
- es: Bandicut Marrón Septentrional
- fr: Bandicoot à longue queue
- nl: Grote kortneusbuideldas

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1715), ID (3)

## Summary

The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea. It is not, however, found far inland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_brown_bandicoot

## Photo

![Northern Brown Bandicoot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-brown-bandicoot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Swanson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178800532

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-brown-bandicoot?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).