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== Are They Endangered? == | == Are They Endangered? == | ||
The answer is yes. The southern brown bandicoot is | The answer is yes. The southern brown bandicoot is definitively endangered. It is most significantly | ||
threatened by habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation. Most of its habitat is really small and | threatened by habitat loss, [[fragmentation]] and [[degradation]]. Most of its habitat is really small and scattered bunches. They are endangered because not only do they have their natural predators that include: snakes and birds of prey, but they also have to defend themselves from introduced predators such as foxes, dogs, and cats. Road kill is also a big factor in the mortality rate of southern brown bandicoots. [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/tsd07-s-brown-bandicoot.pdf] | ||
== Video == | == Video == |
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