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Franklin has or used to have 23 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Eastern Barred Bandicoot.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Perameles gunnii gunnii

Status: Vulnerable

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Perameles gunnii gunnii is found across 5 electorates.

The eastern barred bandicoot was previously widespread across Tasmania, but is now most abundant in the south-east of the state and less abundant throughout the rest of the state. During the day it rests in a grass nest. It feeds throughout the night and moves at a rapid gallop or bound. It digs to feed on earthworms, insects, bulbs, tubers and fungi.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes