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== Body Design == | == Body Design == | ||
[[File:800px-Southern Brown Bandicoot Victoria.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A female bandicoot from Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia.]] | [[File:800px-Southern Brown Bandicoot Victoria.jpg|thumb|150px|left|A female bandicoot from Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia.]] | ||
The southern brown bandicoot is an average sized ground animal. | The southern brown bandicoot is an average sized ground animal. Its fur is a grey-brown color. The feet are a creamy white color. Southern brown bandicoots have [[forelegs]] that are short with curved claw. The [[hind legs]] are much longer than the front legs. They have a long tapered snout with a nose that is naked. It has a short tail that attaches to its compact body. Like most animals the male is larger than the female. Male southern brown bandicoots are usually 33 cm long, and female southern brown bandicoot are around 30 cm long. Thus the average tail length of the male southern brown bandicoot would be 12.4 cm. The average tail length of the female southern brown bandicoot is 11.3 cm long. [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=68050] | ||
== Life Cycle == | == Life Cycle == | ||
