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|image=Perameles gunni.jpg
|title=Eastern Barred Bandicoot
|texttitle=Eastern Barred Bandicoot
|caption=The Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunni) is a small, rabbit-sized marsupial native to Australia and Tasmania. It weighs less than {{convert|1|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and has a short tail and three to four whitish bars across the rump. It is classified as Near Threatened, with one subspecies listed as Critically Endangered.
|credit=Photo: JJ Harrison
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