Quenda Isoodon fusciventer, also known as southwestern brown bandicoots, are small marsupials that live on the ground. Quenda are found in the southwest of Western Australia and are commonly seen in urban and suburban areas. Refer to www.naturemap.dpaw.wa.gov.au to find further information on the species distribution.

These charming marsupials are a species of bandicoot found only in the South West of WA! Will they visit?: Quenda will visit home gardens located near parks, reserves, and bushland. Quenda like to hide in hollows, burrows, under dense shrubs, and within thick leaf-litter.

A subspecies in Western Australia is also known as the quenda in South Western Australia (from the Noongar word ' kwinda '). [6] This subspecies was elevated to species in 2018. [7]

May 23, 2024 · Quendas are marsupials that are roughly the size of a rabbit. In Western Australia, we have six species. The most common species found in urban areas is the Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus fusciventer).

The quenda (Isoodon fusciventer), also known as the southwestern brown bandicoot [2] or western brown bandicoot, [3] is a small marsupial species endemic to Southwest Australia.

The quenda, or southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus subsp. fusciventer), is a small marsupial often encountered in and around urban areas near bushland in Perth, and the south-west of Western Australia. The quenda is protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950.

Often mistaken for large rats by unsuspecting people, the Quenda is an occasional visitor to many properties around the southwest of Western Australia. An insect-eating inhabitant of bush understorey, the presence of this marsupial is a good indicator of a balanced ecosystem.

The quenda is a medium-sized ground dwelling marsupial of the bandicoot and bilby family (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Widely distributed near the south west coast from Guilderton north of Perth to east of Esperance. Quenda have a pat chy distribution through the Jarrah and K arri forest, the Swan Coastal Plain, and inland as far as Hyden.

A total of 946 people participated in the 2012 Community Quenda Survey, reporting quendas at 1020 sites across the Perth and Peel Metropolitan Regions and other areas in Southwest Western Australia. Survey participants displayed a high level of accuracy in identifying quendas. Only.