A Review and Comparison of the Nematode Assemblages of the Australian Golden Bandicoot, Isoodon Auratus, the Quenda, I. Fusciventer and Southern Brown Bandicoot, I. Obesulus (Peramelidae), from Material Held in the South Australian Museum

A total of 333 vials of nematodes collected from three species of (representing three individuals of 63 of and 92 of ) held in the Australian Helminthological Collection of the South Australian Museum were examined. Nematodes were identified and the nematode assemblages of the three hosts were compared with each other and with the assemblage of Two fully identified species were recovered from eight from and 14 from None of the species occurred in all three hosts; (Subuluridae), (Dromaeostrongylidae) and (Mackerrastrongylidae) all occurred in and Only was also found in Sorensen's index of similarity, 27.2 %, showed that and did not have similar nematode communities and neither were their communities similar to that of 17.1 % and 39.0 % respectively. and were the dominant nematodes in the assemblage of and was dominant in The two hosts had nematode assemblages with unique species profiles; one species of in . three in a species of in none in . four species of strongylid; the most prevalent in . the most prevalent in . The size of the geographic range is a probable determinant of the species richness of the nematode assemblages.