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Perameles gunni🐾

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SpeciesPeramelemorphiaPeramelidae
Mammals

🐾Eastern barred bandicoot

Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838

A sávos bandikut (Perameles gunnii) a bandikutalakúak (Peramelemorphia) rendjébe tartozó bandikutfélék (Peramelidae) családjába tartozó faj.

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≈ 1/77th of your weight
Also called
Tasmanian Long-nosed Bandicoot
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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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 mass
0.8 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.77 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.32 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
4.66 g
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Maximum lifespan
6.1 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 6.1 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
1.93 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
108 days
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Gestation
12 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 12 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Home range
0.02 km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
150 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.8 Laverage
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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.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPeramelemorphia
  5. ›familyPeramelidae
  6. ›genusPerameles
  7. ›speciesPerameles gunnii
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderPeramelemorphia
  3. familyPeramelidae
  4. genusPerameles
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. orderPeramelemorphia
  11. familyPeramelidae
  12. genusPerameles
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More about the Eastern barred bandicoot

What it eats
insects and other invertebrates70%
warm-blooded animals10%
reptiles, fish and amphibians10%
leaves, roots and other plants10%
In other languages
Tasmanischer Beuteldachs (de), Bandicoot à long museau (fr), Perameles gunnii (pt), Bandikut pásavý (sk), Jamraj pręgowany (pl), Тасманийский бандикут (ru) … and 16 more languages
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