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Threatened species

Southern Brown Bandicoot (eastern) - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Isoodon obesulus obesulus
Conservation status in NSW: Endangeredexternal link
Commonwealth status: Endangeredexternal link
Last updated: 13 Nov 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Southern Brown Bandicoot (eastern) is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Burragorang Known None
Ettrema Known None
Illawarra Known None
Jervis Known None
Moss Vale Known None
Pittwater Known None
Sydney Cataract Known None
Wollemi Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Southern Brown Bandicoot (eastern) - Sydney Basin is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
    • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3473 Bungonia Slates Shrubby Open Forest
      • 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
      • 3475 Burragorang Escarpment Ironbark Forest
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    • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
      • 3447 Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
    • Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
      • 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
      • 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
      • 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest
  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
      • 3545 Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
      • 3546 Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
      • 3556 Umina Coastal Sand Woodland
    • South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
      • 3639 South Coast Sands Bangalay Littoral Forest
      • 3640 South Coast Sands Littoral Scrub
      • 3641 Wonboyn Sand Forest
    • South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
      • 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
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    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
      • 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
      • 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
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    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
      • 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
    • Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3797 Southeast Scarp Wattle Scrub
    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
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    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3600 Burragorang Escarpment Heath
      • 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
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    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
      • 3635 Thirlmere Sand Swamp Woodland
  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4019 Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest
      • 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
      • 4021 Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
      • 3986 Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush Forest
      • 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
      • 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
      • 4010 Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub
    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4061 Bega-Towamba Riparian Scrub
      • 4064 Central Eastern Ranges River Oak Forest
      • 4067 Deua Riparian Wattle Scrub
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    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 3958 Castlereagh Gravel Sedgeland
      • 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
      • 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
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    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
      • 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
      • 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
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    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3928 Blue Mountains Damp Coral Fern Swamp
      • 3931 Budawang Escarpment Damp Coral Fern Forest
      • 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
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    • Montane Lakes
      • 3981 Tableland Semi-permanent Shallow Wetlands
  • Heathlands
    • Coastal Headland Heaths
      • 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
      • 3789 Coastal Headland Clay Heath
      • 3792 Far Southeast Headland Scrub
    • South Coast Heaths
      • 3815 Eurobodalla Headland Heath
      • 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
      • 3817 Mount Nadgee Heath
    • Southern Montane Heaths
      • 3867 Bendethera Limestone Wattle Scrub
      • 3868 Big Badja Rocky Heath
      • 3870 Far Southeast Mountain Rock Scrub
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    • Sydney Coastal Heaths
      • 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
      • 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
      • 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
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    • Sydney Montane Heaths
      • 3857 Blue Mountains Rocky Mallee Heath
      • 3858 Budawang Rockplate Shrubland
      • 3859 Genowlan Point Heath
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    • Wallum Sand Heaths
      • 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath
      • 3806 Sydney Coastal Sand Mantle Heath
  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 3077 Illawarra Complex Dry Rainforest
      • 3106 South Coast Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 3111 Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3134 Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
      • 3133 Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
      • 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
      • 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
      • 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
      • 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3047 Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
      • 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3231 Cordeaux Crinanite Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
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    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
      • 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
      • 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
      • 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3138 Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
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    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3209 Blue Mountains Basalt Cap Forest
      • 3210 Blue Mountains Cool Wet Eucalypt Forest
      • 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
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