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Range extension of the Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae) and the Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) in Queensland: Mua (Moa Island), Torres Strait

2014; Queensland Museum; Volume: 59; Linguagem: Inglês

10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2014.2013-06

2204-1478

Garrick Hitchcock, Simon Conaty, David Fell, Greg Gordon, Mark Ingram, Terry Reis, David W. G. Stanton, John Wigness,

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Until recently there have been no confirmed records of medium-sized native terrestrial mammals from the Torres Strait Islands, far north Queensland. The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw, 1792) and the Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus Gould, 1842) are reported here occurring on Mua (Moa Island). This is the most northerly known occurrence of these species in Australia; both also occur in New Guinea.