Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Mallee has or used to have 39 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Southern Brown 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.
Southern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus obesulus
Status: Endangered
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
Isoodon obesulus obesulus is found across 44 electorates.
The Southern Brown Bandicoot is a medium sized ground dwelling marsupial with a long tapering snout, a naked nose, a compact body and a short tail. Males weigh between 500–1850 g and females 400–1200 g. They have an average body length of 33 cm for males and 30 cm for females, with an average tail length of 11.3 and 12.4 cm for females and males respectively.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Jumping-jack Wattle (Acacia enterocarpa)
- Hairy-pod Wattle (Acacia glandulicarpa)
- River Swamp Wallaby-grass (Amphibromus fluitans)
- Downy Star-bush (Asterolasia phebalioides)
- Atriplex infrequens (Atriplex infrequens)
- Austrostipa wakoolica (Austrostipa wakoolica)
- Grampians Pincushion-lily (Borya mirabilis)
- McIvor Spider-orchid (Caladenia audasii)
- Coloured Spider-orchid (Caladenia colorata)
- Elegant Spider-orchid (Caladenia formosa)
- Tawny Spider-orchid (Caladenia fulva)
- Wimmera Spider-orchid (Caladenia lowanensis)
- Ornate Pink Fingers (Caladenia ornata)
- Greencomb Spider-orchid (Caladenia tensa)
- Candy Spider-orchid (Caladenia versicolor)
- Yellow-lip Spider-orchid (Caladenia xanthochila)
- Wimmera Bottlebrush (Callistemon wimmerensis)
- Grampians Bitter-pea (Daviesia laevis)
- Matted Flax-lily (Dianella amoena)
- Bell Flower Hyacinth Orchid (Dipodium campanulatum)
- Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens)
- a spike rush (Eleocharis obicis)
- Austral Pipewort (Eriocaulon australasicum)
- Purple Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri)
- Clover Glycine (Glycine latrobeana)
- Dergholm Guinea-flower (Hibbertia humifusa subsp. debilis)
- Adamson's Blown-grass (Lachnagrostis adamsonii)
- Basalt Pepper-cress (Lepidium hyssopifolium)
- Winged Pepper-cress (Lepidium monoplocoides)
- Erect Pepper-cress (Lepidium pseudopapillosum)
- Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor)
- Chariot Wheels (Maireana cheelii)
- Ridged Water-milfoil (Myriophyllum porcatum)
- Lowan Phebalium (Phebalium lowanense)
- Grampians Rice-flower (Pimelea pagophila)
- Wimmera Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens subsp. pubiflora)
- Plains Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens subsp. spinescens)
- Dense Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum spicatum)
- Fragrant Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum suaveolens)
- Pomonal Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum subbisectum)
- Sturdy Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum validum)
- Floodplain Rustyhood (Pterostylis cheraphila)
- Green-striped Greenhood (Pterostylis chlorogramma)
- Lowly Greenhood (Pterostylis despectans)
- Swamp Greenhood (Pterostylis tenuissima)
- Robust Greenhood (Pterostylis valida)
- Desert Greenhood (Pterostylis xerophila)
- Williamsons Bush-pea (Pultenaea williamsoniana)
- Button Wrinklewort (Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides)
- Turnip Copperburr (Sclerolaena napiformis)
- Stiff Groundsel (Senecio behrianus)
- Large-fruit Fireweed (Senecio macrocarpus)
- Swamp Fireweed (Senecio psilocarpus)
- Grampians Globe-pea (Sphaerolobium acanthos)
- Forked Spyridium (Spyridium furculentum)
- Annual Stackhousia (Stackhousia annua)
- Slender Darling-pea (Swainsona murrayana)
- Red Darling-pea (Swainsona plagiotropis)
- Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila)
- Bead Glasswort (Tecticornia flabelliformis)
- Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides)
- Brilliant Sun-orchid (Thelymitra mackibbinii)
- Spiral Sun-orchid (Thelymitra matthewsii)
- Dwarf Yellow-heads (Trichanthodium baracchianum)
- Whipstick Westringia (Westringia crassifolia)
- Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre)
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