Of all the unusual marsupials that have suffered since they arrive of Europeans in Australia, the bandicoots have been some of the hardest hit.
Thanks to the arrived of feral predators such as foxes and cats, combined with the loss of the dense undergrowth they need to avoid such predators all bandicoot species suffered a massive reduction in their range, with the western and eastern barred bandicoot both becoming almost extinct on the mainland. The northern brown bandicoot and the southern brown bandicoot both managed to hold on but are now limited to areas with appropriate habitat.
Thankfully as people become more aware of the environment, many people are planting natives on their properties and keeping their cats contained and today bandicoots have made somewhat of a comeback in many parts of Australia.
Thanks to their rapid reproductive rate, female bandicoots can have as many as four litters a year, most species of bandicoots are very capable of repopulating when we can regulate their threats