#bandicoots

[nightmaresyrup]

Bilbs!

[arthistoryanimalia]

#MarsupialMonday :

George Browning (Australia, 1918-2000) Marsupial Mother [Bandicoot], c.1959 oil on paper on cardboard, 20.0 × 27.4 cm National Gallery of Victoria 347-5

[corin-tuckers-left-one]

Chaeropus ecaudatus the Southern Pig–footed Bandicoot

Pig–footed bandicoots (genus Chaeropus) were so called because of their hooflike forefeet. They had relatively slender legs compared to other bandicoots, allowing them to move quickly through the landscape.

Although initially designated as a single species, Chaeropus yirratji was split from C. ecaudatus in 2019 on the basis of morphological differences. Both species became extinct by the 1950s due to habitat loss from land clearing for agriculture and predation from cats and foxes.

[antiqueanimals]

General Zoology. Written by Mary J. Guthrie and John M. Anderson. 1957.

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[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Peramelemorphia. This order is made up of bandicoots and bilbies; norcturnal omnivores and excellent diggers.

Dasyuromorphia. This order is made up of carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, numbats, and the Tasmanian devil.

Which clade of animals is better?

Peramelemorphia

Dasyuromorphia

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Voting ended onJan 28, 2024

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[rattyexplores]

For some reason I came across the lower jaw bone of some vertebrate. This was later identified as a Northern Brown Bandicoot jaw bone.

24/09/23 - Isoodon macrourus

QLD:WET - El Arish, farmland road