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Isoodon obesulus
A small marsupial (40 cms long) with grey-brown coarse fur on its back and a pale belly. The snout is long and conical and ears, small and rounded. The tail is short and tapered.
Dry Sclerophyll forests
Spotted this sweet little marsupial in a botanical garden in Victoria. The grounds are fenced to exclude foxes, feral cats and dogs. This has assisted with providing a safe haven for this endangered marsupial. The grounds are covered with holes dug out by these marsupials. It was such a pleasure to see them roaming and foraging quite freely! http://www.biosphere.org.au/projects/ban...
Spotted on Feb 8, 2010
Submitted on Jan 6, 2012
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Congrats Lueba, your spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog to celebrate Australia Day! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/4144840...
cute.
Such lovely and timid little creatures. To many people this might look like some kind of rodent - they are nothing like that at all.