Fur is dark brown, uniform and course.

Babies born in winter, spring and summer. Litter size is from 1 to 4 with up to three litters a year.

Nocturnal and solitary. During the day it sleeps in low grasses and other foliage.

Lives for three years in the wild.
 
Diet is insects, berries and underground fungi (digs with the front feet)

On the mainland it is endangered and much rarer due to the fox.  No foxes in Tasmania.