Long-nosed Bandicoot
Parameles nasuta
Found in wet sclerophyll forest, scrub, rank grass and
suburban gardens. Nocturnal and
crepuscular, digs in top soil for invertebrates and tubers. Issues a
characteristic alarm call when disturbed – a loud sneezed “ke”
A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia by Menkhorst & Knight
| Classifications: | Mammal |
| Family: | Peramelidae (Bandicoots) |
| Information sources: | Photos taken at Strathdickie by Graham Armstrong: |
