What caused the extinction of pig footed bandicoots?

Answer 1

Little is known about the pig-footed bandicoot. Given that it lived in the deserts of central and Western Australia, the most likely cause of its extinction was the introduction of non-native predators such as foxes and feral cats. The pig-footed bandicoot relied on certain environmental conditions, and it is certain that, as the aboriginal population declined and fire regimes subsequently changed, that this impacted on the animal's environment, as there was little new growth of vegetation. Also, the introduction of non-native herbivores such as rabbits, sheep and cattle greatly impacted on its food supply.

Answer 2

The Desert bandicoot is extinct as a result of the introduction of foxes and feral cats. It was a small, vulnerable creature, with little protection from such predatory species.

Another major impact on this marsupial was the introduction of non-native vegetation, which changed the habitat of the desert bandicoot.

Answer 3

The factors most likely contributing to e extinction of the pig-footed bandicoot, a small Australian marsupial, are factors are the introduction of non-native predators such as feral cats and foxes; habitat loss through land clearing; and the change in fire regimes due to the reduction of traditional Aboriginal burning practices.

Answer 4

The eastern Barred Bandicoot reached the brink of extinction, and it is still one of Victoria's most endangered mammals. There are several reasons why the Eastern Barred bandicoot of Australia is endangered in Victoria, and classed as vulnerable Federally.

• Habitat loss due to human activities, particularly the spread of agriculture
• altered fire regimes as a result of human interference
• predation by introduced species such as dogs, cats and foxes
• rabbit-trapping - the bandicoots are killed by the traps
• the introsuction of rabbits has also impacted upon the bandicoots' ability to live within their native habitat
• are affected by toxoplasmosis, a disease spead by cats
• the effect of insecticides by farmers within the bandicoots' habitat range, which affects not only the bandicoots, but their food supply of insects
• grazing by domestic stock animals such as sheep and cattle