Australia's current Minister for the Environment, Tanya Plibersek, has announced the approval of an environmental permit for the construction of the w...
Environmentalists agreed to issue the permit only after the developers assured the authorities of their commitment to protecting the habitats of the local chipmunk species—the rabbit-eared bandicoots.
Bandicoots are chipmunks?
I had the same question. According to Britannica, Australian bandicoots are marsupials, not rodents.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/bandicoot