LONG-NOSED BANDICOOT

Photographed in Lamington National Park, Queensland

53                LONG-NOSED BANDICOOT                  Perameles nasuta 

AUSTRALIA                   53

Locally common along east coast and adjacent ranges. Found in wet sclerophyll forest, scrub, rank grass and suburban gardens. Nocturnal, solitary, digs in tops for invertebrates and tubers.