What is a Bandicoot?

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Bandicoots are marsupials that live in Mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea and its surrounding islands. They do not like water and make funnel-like pits when going after insects and plants for food. Country people treat them as pests. They are dying out.  There are about twenty species.  The four most interesting are shown below.  ||| what bandicoot marsupial in native up nose on long region snout marsupial as bandicoot long it nose short. |
The Perameles, a bandicoot with a long nose like a rat is confined to eastern Australia.
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Short-nosed bandicoots, Isoodon, are common in all regions. 
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An endangered rabbit-eared type called a bilby, Thylacomys, is only found in isolated inner Australia.
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The Chaeropus ecaudatus or pig-footed is also rare, not seen in years, and is similar to a deer but smaller.   Its feet are little hoofs with one finger attached to each rear leg and two on each front.
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