Isoodon obesulus (small mammal)

Mass: 1.0 kg based on Cooper 1998

Abundance: 0.15 to 9.84% (median 1.03%)

Latitudinal range: -38.1° to -19.0°

Habitats: (31), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1)

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Found in 32 samples

Australia: Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve, Bomaderry Creek (Level 1) (Holocene), QML796 (Horizon A4) (Late Pleistocene), QML796 (Horizon A7) (Late Pleistocene), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit B) (Late Pleistocene), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit C) (Late Pleistocene), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit D) (Late Pleistocene), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit E) (Late Pleistocene), Wee Jasper 99 (Pleistocene - Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 3 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 5 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 6 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 7A (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 7D (Late Pleistocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 8 (Late Pleistocene), Caladenia Cave (Group D) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group E) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group F) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group G) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group H) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group I) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group J) (Holocene), Amphitheatre Cave (Holocene), McEachern’s Deathtrap Cave (G-49) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit J) (Late Pleistocene), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit H) (Late Pleistocene), Tight Entrance Cave (Units E-G) (Late Pleistocene), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit D) (Late Pleistocene), Kudjal Yolgah Cave (Unit 7) (Late Pleistocene), Mammoth Cave (Late Pleistocene), Beehive Cave (Holocene), Blanche Cave (Third Chamber) (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass489 gN = 9Cooper 1998
♀ body mass923 gN = 4Cooper 1998
♀ body mass1180 kgN = 1Cooper 1998
♀ body mass777 gN = 6Cooper 1998
♀ body mass1031 kgN = 9Cooper 1998
♂ body mass886 gN = 8Cooper 1998
♂ body mass1201 kgN = 12Cooper 1998
♂ body mass1730 kgN = 2Cooper 1998
♂ body mass1245 kgN = 14Cooper 1998
♂ body mass1592 kgN = 11Cooper 1998
♂ body mass725 gN = 2Cooper 1998

See also Isoodon, Isoodon auratus, Isoodon macrourus, Isoodon sp.