Various birds, kangaroos, emus, possums, echidnas, and bandicoots were among the important animals hunted. Animal species such as kangaroos, dingoes, tiger, bandicoots, gliders and platypuses were common. The natural hosts for the paralysis tick include koalas, bandicoots, possums and kangaroos. Marsupials like kangaroos, bandicoots, and quolls make up about half of Australia's indigenous mammal species. Most marsupials, including bandicoots, have a bifurcated penis. The marsupial family Peramelidae contains all of the extant bandicoots. Their diets consist primarily of small mammals, especially rats and bandicoots. The greater sooty owl preys on bandicoots. The coastal taipan's diet consists entirely of rats, mice, bandicoots, and various species of birds. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots. The island historically supported native bandicoots and wild turkey. Southern brown bandicoots have a stocky body with a short snout and short, rounded ears. There are about 20 other bandicoots in the same family, Peramelidae. The most basal split separates Thylacomyidae ("Macrotis") from all other bandicoots. Other wildlife may be seen along the way such as brown bandicoots and northern quolls.