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🐾Eastern barred bandicoot
The eastern barred bandicoot is a nocturnal, rabbit-sized marsupial endemic to southeastern Australia, being native to the island of Tasmania and mainland Victoria. It is one of the four surviving bandicoot species in the genus Perameles. It is distinguishable from its partially-sympatric congener—the long-nosed bandicoot – via three or four dark horizontal bars found on its rump. In Tasmania, it is relatively abundant. The mainland population in Victoria is struggling and is subject to ongoing conservation endeavors.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.8 kg
- Body length
- 0.32 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 6.1 years
Everything we know about the Eastern barred bandicoot
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.8 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.77 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.32 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass4.66 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan6.1 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6.1 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length1.93 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity108 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation12 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 12 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.02 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density150 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.8 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eastern barred bandicoot yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPeramelemorphia
- ›familyPeramelidae
- ›genusPerameles
- ›speciesPerameles gunnii
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderPeramelemorphia
- familyPeramelidae
- genusPerameles
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderPeramelemorphia
- familyPeramelidae
- genusPerameles
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