Long-nosed Bandicoot
Perameles nasuta

The Long-nosed Bandicoot is found on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and south to Victoria. Often seen digging conical holes in lawns in search of insect larvae, worms etc. 

The female above has hidden her young in the leaf litter....see below.

Body length: 400mm 

Tail length: 140mm

Bodyweight:1.5kg

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Photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust