Southern Brown Bandicoot

Southern Brown Bandicoot

Isoodon obesulus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Great Otway National Park

Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park

Long-nosed Bandicoot
LC Endemic

Long-nosed Bandicoot

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Perameles nasuta

0–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
<5
Sep
10–20
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
2 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
3 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
4 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
5 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Brown Bandicoot in Great Otway National Park?

About 10% of visitor-days record a Southern Brown Bandicoot sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Brown Bandicoot in Great Otway National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Southern Brown Bandicoot in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.

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