Quenda
Common name, Southern Brown Bandicoot
A Marsupial found mostly in southern Australia.
Southern Brown Bandicoots have a stocky body with a short snout and short, rounded ears. On average, males measure 50 cm, 20" in total length, and weigh up to 1.2 kg (2.6 lb), while females measure 40 cm, 16" and weigh no more than 1 kg 2.2 lb. Bandicoots are nocturnal and omnivorous, feeding on insects, spiders, worms, plant roots, ferns, and fungi. They spend much of the night searching for food, sniffing the ground before digging into with their claws. They pursue any prey that escapes, holding it down with their forepaws as they consume it. They spend the day sleeping in well-concealed nests of shredded vegetation.