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O'Connor has or used to have 48 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Golden Bandicoot.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Golden Bandicoot
Isoodon auratus barrowensis
Status: Vulnerable
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Isoodon auratus barrowensis has greater than 80% of its range within O'Connor
The golden bandicoot is a small golden-brown marsupial. It previously occurred throughout central Australia, but is now restricted to Barrow Island and the Kimberley and Marchinbar Island. During the day it rests in dense vegetation or other shelter. During the night it forages by digging for succulents, invertebrates and plant roots.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Large-fruited Tammin Wattle (Acacia ataxiphylla subsp. magna)
- Orange-flowered Wattle (Acacia auratiflora)
- Stirling Range Wattle (Acacia awestoniana)
- Western Wheatbelt Wattle (Acacia brachypoda)
- Spiral-fruited Wattle (Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa)
- Velvety Spiral Pod Wattle (Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. velutinosa)
- Sandpaper Wattle (Acacia denticulosa)
- Echidna Wattle (Acacia depressa)
- Yornaning Wattle (Acacia insolita subsp. recurva)
- Woolly Wattle (Acacia lanuginophylla)
- Chinocup Wattle (Acacia leptalea)
- Chiddarcooping Wattle (Acacia lobulata)
- Kundip Wattle (Acacia rhamphophylla)
- Wundowlin Wattle (Acacia sciophanes)
- Hairy-stemmed Zig-Zag Wattle (Acacia subflexuosa subsp. capillata)
- Tangled Wattle (Acacia volubilis)
- Fitzgerald Woollybush (Adenanthos dobagii)
- Oval-leaf Adenanthos (Adenanthos ellipticus)
- Toolinna Adenanthos (Adenanthos eyrei)
- Sprawling Spiky Adenanthos (Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus)
- Spiky Adenanthos (Adenanthos pungens subsp. pungens)
- Velvet Woollybush (Adenanthos velutinus)
- Woolly Sheoak (Allocasuarina fibrosa)
- Twisted Sheoak (Allocasuarina tortiramula)
- Andersonia annelsii (Andersonia annelsii)
- Giant Andersonia (Andersonia axilliflora)
- Slender Andersonia (Andersonia gracilis)
- Two Peoples Bay Andersonia (Andersonia pinaster)
- Pearl-like Androcalva (Androcalva perlaria)
- Little Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. minor)
- Fine-leaved Apium (Apium prostratum subsp. Porongurup Range )
- Atriplex yeelirrie (Atriplex yeelirrie)
- Cactus Dryandra (Banksia anatona)
- Brown's Banksia (Banksia brownii)
- Matchstick Banksia (Banksia cuneata)
- Good's Banksia (Banksia goodii)
- Kamballup Dryandra (Banksia ionthocarpa)
- Stirling Range Dryandra (Banksia montana)
- Swamp Honeypot (Banksia nivea subsp. uliginosa)
- Wagin Banksia (Banksia oligantha)
- False Plumed-Banksia (Banksia pseudoplumosa)
- Banksia rufa subsp. pumila (Banksia rufa subsp. pumila)
- Ironcaps Banksia (Banksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla)
- Whicher Range Dryandra (Banksia squarrosa subsp. argillacea)
- Granite Banksia (Banksia verticillata)
- Barbalin Boronia (Boronia adamsiana)
- a shrub (Boronia capitata subsp. capitata)
- Bremer Boronia (Boronia clavata)
- Ironcap Boronia (Boronia revoluta)
- Bossiaea sp. Frankland (Bossiaea sp. Frankland )
- Dwarf Spider-orchid (Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana)
- Christine's Spider Orchid (Caladenia christineae)
- Cossack Spider-orchid (Caladenia dorrienii)
- Hinged Dragon Orchid (Caladenia drakeoides)
- Pingaring Spider-orchid (Caladenia graniticola)
- Caladenia granitora (Caladenia granitora)
- Harrington's Spider-orchid (Caladenia harringtoniae)
- Hoffman's Spider-orchid (Caladenia hoffmanii)
- Quindanning Spider Orchid (Caladenia hopperiana)
- Collie Spider Orchid (Caladenia leucochila)
- Lodge's Spider-orchid (Caladenia lodgeana)
- Lemon Spider Orchid (Caladenia luteola)
- Ballerina Orchid (Caladenia melanema)
- Williams Spider Orchid (Caladenia williamsiae)
- Majestic Spider-orchid (Caladenia winfieldii)
- Blue Tinsel Lily (Calectasia cyanea)
- Stilted Tinsel Lily (Calectasia pignattiana)
- Manypeaks Rush (Chordifex abortivus)
- Many-flowered Commersonia (Commersonia apella)
- Trigwell's Rulingia (Commersonia erythrogyna)
- Conospermum galeatum (Conospermum galeatum)
- Drummond's Conostylis (Conostylis drummondii)
- Sedge Conostylis (Conostylis lepidospermoides)
- Grass Conostylis (Conostylis misera)
- Kulin Conostylis (Conostylis rogeri)
- Hairy Mat Conostylis (Conostylis seorsiflora subsp. trichophylla)
- Boscabel Conostylis (Conostylis setigera subsp. dasys)
- Mauve Coopernookia (Coopernookia georgei)
- Western Woolly Cyphanthera (Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. occidentalis)
- Mogumber Bell (Darwinia carnea)
- Yellow Mountain Bell (Darwinia collina)
- Scott River Darwinia (Darwinia ferricola)
- Cranbrook Bell (Darwinia meeboldii)
- Success Bell (Darwinia nubigena)
- Gillam's Bell (Darwinia oxylepis)
- Fringed Mountain Bell (Darwinia squarrosa)
- Wittwer's Mountain Bell (Darwinia wittwerorum)
- Native Foxglove (Dasymalla axillaris)
- Cunderdin Daviesia (Daviesia cunderdin)
- Long-leaved Daviesia (Daviesia elongata subsp. elongata)
- Wongan Cactus (Daviesia euphorbioides)
- Maroon-flowered Daviesia (Daviesia glossosema)
- Long-sepalled Daviesia (Daviesia megacalyx)
- Norseman Pea (Daviesia microcarpa)
- Paddle-leaf Daviesia (Daviesia obovata)
- Broad-leaf Daviesia (Daviesia ovata)
- Stirling Range Daviesia (Daviesia pseudaphylla)
- Drummond's Grass (Deyeuxia drummondii)
- Tall Donkey Orchid (Diuris drummondii)
- Dwarf Bee-orchid (Diuris micrantha)
- Purdie's Donkey-orchid (Diuris purdiei)
- Late Hammer-orchid (Drakaea confluens)
- Lonely Hammer-orchid (Drakaea isolata)
- Dwarf Hammer-orchid (Drakaea micrantha)
- Peak Charles Drummondita (Drummondita longifolia)
- Remote Thorny Lignum (Duma horrida subsp. abdita)
- Keighery's Eleocharis (Eleocharis keigheryi)
- Dwarf Desert Spike-rush (Eleocharis papillosa)
- Eremophila ciliata (Eremophila ciliata)
- Fitzgerald Eremophila (Eremophila denticulata subsp. denticulata)
- Cumquat Eremophila (Eremophila denticulata subsp. trisulcata)
- Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella (Eremophila glabra subsp. chlorella)
- Eremophila glabra subsp. Scaddan (Eremophila glabra subsp. Scaddan )
- Milky Emu Bush (Eremophila lactea)
- Resinous Eremophila (Eremophila resinosa)
- Lake King Eremophila (Eremophila subteretifolia)
- Whorled Eremophila (Eremophila verticillata)
- Campion Eremophila (Eremophila virens)
- Varnish Bush (Eremophila viscida)
- Ponton Creek Mallee (Eucalyptus articulata)
- Mukinbudin Mallee (Eucalyptus brevipes)
- Burdett Gum (Eucalyptus burdettiana)
- Crowned Mallee (Eucalyptus coronata)
- Silver Mallee (Eucalyptus crucis subsp. crucis)
- Twin Peak Island Mallee (Eucalyptus insularis)
- Goblet Mallee (Eucalyptus merrickiae)
- Jimberlana Mallee (Eucalyptus platydisca)
- Silver Mallet (Eucalyptus recta)
- Steedmans Gum (Eucalyptus steedmanii)
- Jingymia Mallee (Eucalyptus synandra)
- Silky Frankenia (Frankenia conferta)
- Short-leaved Frankenia (Frankenia parvula)
- Bodallin Poison (Gastrolobium diabolophyllum)
- Granite Poison (Gastrolobium graniticum)
- Gastrolobium humile (Gastrolobium humile)
- Cranbrook Pea (Gastrolobium lehmannii)
- Yellow-leafed Gastrolobium (Gastrolobium luteifolium)
- Gastrolobium vestitum (Gastrolobium vestitum)
- Nangetty Grass (Glyceria drummondii)
- Goodenia arthrotricha (Goodenia arthrotricha)
- Gypsum Goodenia (Goodenia integerrima)
- Grevillea acropogon (Grevillea acropogon)
- Christine's Grevillea (Grevillea christineae)
- Hairy Phalanx Grevillea (Grevillea dryandroides subsp. hirsuta)
- Fan-leaf Grevillea (Grevillea infundibularis)
- Lake Varley Grevillea (Grevillea involucrata)
- Maxwell's Grevillea (Grevillea maxwellii)
- Pythara Grevillea (Grevillea pythara)
- Rare Grevillea (Grevillea rara)
- Corrigin Grevillea (Grevillea scapigera)
- Mt Finke Grevillea (Grevillea treueriana)
- Guichenotia seorsiflora (Guichenotia seorsiflora)
- Net-veined Gyrostemon (Gyrostemon reticulatus)
- Column Hakea (Hakea aculeata)
- Branched Hemigenia (Hemigenia ramosissima)
- Bandalup Buttercup (Hibbertia abyssus)
- Ooldea Guinea-flower (Hibbertia crispula)
- Hibbertia priceana (Hibbertia priceana)
- Hibbertia sp. Toolbrunup (Hibbertia sp. Toolbrunup )
- Hypocalymma sp. Cascade (Hypocalymma sp. Cascade )
- Robust Coneflower (Isopogon robustus)
- Albany Cone Bush (Isopogon uncinatus)
- Quairading Jacksonia (Jacksonia quairading)
- Collie Jacksonia (Jacksonia velveta)
- Northcliffe Kennedia (Kennedia glabrata)
- Kunzea ericifolia subsp. subulata (Kunzea ericifolia subsp. subulata)
- Kunzea similis subsp. similis (Kunzea similis subsp. similis)
- Prickly Honeysuckle (Lambertia echinata subsp. echinata)
- Fairall's Honeysuckle (Lambertia fairallii)
- Roundleaf Honeysuckle (Lambertia orbifolia)
- Round-leaf Lasiopetalum (Lasiopetalum rotundifolium)
- Lasiopetalum sp. Mount Caroline (Lasiopetalum sp. Mount Caroline )
- Latrobea colophona (Latrobea colophona)
- Scarlet Leschenaultia (Lechenaultia laricina)
- Stirling Range Beard Heath (Leucopogon gnaphalioides)
- Leucopogon sp. Ongerup (Leucopogon sp. Ongerup )
- Ironstone Beard-heath (Leucopogon spectabilis)
- Wongan Melaleuca (Melaleuca sciotostyla)
- South-Coast Mignonette Orchid (Microtis globula)
- Jerramungup Myoporum (Myoporum cordifolium)
- Chiddarcooping Myriophyllum (Myriophyllum lapidicola)
- Mountain Villarsia (Ornduffia calthifolia)
- Paragoodia crenulata (Paragoodia crenulata)
- Small-flowered Snottygobble (Persoonia micranthera)
- White-flowered Philotheca (Philotheca basistyla)
- Sickle-leaved Waxflower (Philotheca falcata)
- Pityrodia scabra subsp. scabra (Pityrodia scabra subsp. scabra)
- Narrogin Pea (Pultenaea pauciflora)
- Reedia (Reedia spathacea)
- Western Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri)
- South Coast Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella johnstonii)
- Ricinocarpos brevis (Ricinocarpos brevis)
- Barrens Wedding Bush (Ricinocarpos trichophorus)
- Saltmat (Roycea pycnophylloides)
- Large-flowered Scaevola (Scaevola macrophylla)
- Mountain Paper-heath (Sphenotoma drummondii)
- Flat-leaved Triggerplant (Stylidium applanatum)
- Stylidium coroniforme subsp. amblyphyllum (Stylidium coroniforme subsp. amblyphyllum)
- Yellow Mountain Triggerplant (Stylidium galioides)
- Bancrofts Symonanthus (Symonanthus bancroftii)
- Bead Glasswort (Tecticornia flabelliformis)
- Bungalbin Tetratheca (Tetratheca aphylla)
- Granite Tetratheca (Tetratheca deltoidea)
- Jackson Tetratheca (Tetratheca harperi)
- Paynter's Tetratheca (Tetratheca paynterae)
- Sandplain Sun-orchid (Thelymitra psammophila)
- Star Sun-orchid (Thelymitra stellata)
- Sandplain Thomasia (Thomasia glabripetala)
- Hill Thomasia (Thomasia montana)
- Granite Pink (Tribonanthes purpurea)
- Hay River Featherflower (Verticordia apecta)
- Stirling Range Featherflower (Verticordia carinata)
- Verticordia crebra (Verticordia crebra)
- Long-stalked Featherflower (Verticordia densiflora var. pedunculata)
- Southern Shy Featherflower (Verticordia fimbrilepis subsp. australis)
- Shy Featherflower (Verticordia fimbrilepis subsp. fimbrilepis)
- Coast Featherflower (Verticordia helichrysantha)
- Hughan's Featherflower (Verticordia hughanii)
- Little Pine Verticordia (Verticordia pityrhops)
- Granite Featherflower (Verticordia staminosa var. cylindracea)
- Stirling Range Xyris (Xyris exilis)
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