Species group · Mammals
Bandicoots
WAnimals has 2 species of bandicoot, all in the family Peramelidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 1 country
- 33 parks
- Weight
- 400 g – 1.9 kg
- Length
- 28 cm – 43 cm
- Lifespan
- 2 – 3 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of bandicoots on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in one country.
Where to see them
Did you know…
This ultra-fast breeding strategy offsets the heavy losses to introduced predators such as cats and foxes.
From Long-nosed Bandicoot
It eats invertebrates, fungi and roots, dug out of the ground with its long snout.
From Long-nosed Bandicoot
It lives in woodland, scrub and towns of eastern Australia.
From Long-nosed Bandicoot
It can dig dozens of small pits a night hunting invertebrates underground, aerating and turning the soil rather as an oversized earthworm would.