Saw 2; free-living escapees from the fenced native animal reserve area. Emerged from under the accommodation block at dusk. One had pouch young.
A wild one foraging in a wallaby area.
Bounced away, squeaking.
The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies: it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores. All members of the order are endemic to the twin land masses of Australia-New Guinea and most have the characteristic bandicoot shape: a plump, arch-backed body with a long, delicately tapering snout, very large upright ears, relatively long, thin legs, and a thin tail. Their size varies from about 140 grams up to 2 kilograms, but most species are...
