Order Peramelemorphia Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 38 42 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Isoodon obesulus (Shaw 1797) [Didelphis] obesula Shaw 1797 , Nat. Misc., 8: 298 . Type Locality: Australia , New South Wales , Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase Natl. Park, 33°36'S , 151°16'E , see Dixon (1981) . Vernacular Names: Southern Brown Bandicoot . Subspecies: : Subspecies Isoodon obesulus subsp. obesulus Shaw 1797 Subspecies Isoodon obesulus subsp. nauticus Thomas 1922 Distribution: SE New South Wales , S Victoria , SE South Australia , N Queensland , SW Western Australia , Nuyts Arch. (Great Australian Bight, S Australian coast), and Tasmania . Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as I. o. nauticus , Lower Risk (nt) as I. o. fusciventer , I. o. obesulus , and I. o. peninsulae ; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.