Bandicoot at Aldgate |
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| Title : | Bandicoot at Aldgate |
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| Creator : | Mountford, Charles P., 1890-1976 photographer | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1935 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 12o x 12 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
A photograph of a Southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulusobesulus, taken at Aldgate about 1935. "Before European settlement, eight species of bandicoot and bilby occurred in South Australia. Today, the Southern Brown Bandicoot is the only species that still naturally occurs in the State. Unfortunately, this species is also at risk of extinction and is listed as 'vulnerable' in South Australia and as 'endangered' nationally...The Southern Brown Bandicoot is a medium-sized marsupial with a long snout, small round ears, a short tail and large rump. Bandicoots are roughly a third to half the size of a rabbit. They have coarse brown fur with a golden speckled appearance and a pale white to cream coloured underside. People frequently confuse bandicoots with rats! The larger size, shorter tail and long snout of bandicoots are key features that distinguish them from rats. Bandicoots are strictly ground-dwelling marsupials that don't climb." Head to tail males can grow to to 450 mm and females 410mm. Department for Environment and Heritage webpage In July 2008 it was reported that for "...the first time in over 40 years, evidence has been found to show that Southern Brown Bandicoots live north of the River Torrens, in the South Para area, more than 20 kilometres away from the nearest known population...Kirstin Long from the Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) said the discovery was made by members of a community conservation group called the South Para Biodiversity Project. "Members of the South Para Biodiversity Project were collecting fox scats from the South Para area, including Warren Conservation Park, and two of these scats were found to contain bandicoot hairs," Kirstin said. Department for Environment and Heritage press release (pdf) Charles Mountford was a South Australian ethnographer, anthropologist and photographer. |
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| Period : | 1927-1939 |
| Region : | Mt Lofty Ranges and Eastern Plain |
| Further reading : | Strahan, Ronald, ed. The mammals of Australia : the national photographic index of Australian wildlife, Chatswood, N.S.W. : Reed Books : The Australian Museum, 1995 Dickman, C. R. A fragile balance : the extraordinary story of Australian marsupials, Chicago, Illinois. : University of Chicago Press, 2007 Stodart, Eleanor. Bandicoots and bilbies of Australia, Curtin ACT : Bimberi Books, 1993 Paull, David James. The distribution, ecology and conservation of the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) in South Australia [thesis], [Adelaide : University of Adelaide, 1993?] |
| Internet links : | Threatened Species - The Southern Brown Bandicoot : Department for Environment and Heritage webpage There's a bandicoot in my garden : National Parks anf Wildlife Service (DEH) pdf pamphlet |
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