Northern Brown Bandicoot

Order: Peramelemorphia

Scientific Name: Isoodon macrourus

Age: Subadult

Sex: Unknown

Status: Least Concern

Captive specimen

Measurements: 46 mm x 21 mm

Notes: Bandicoots are the only marsupials that have placentas. At only 12.5 days long, the northern brown bandicoot has the shortest gestation period of any mammal.