How big does a Eastern barred bandicoot get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) reaches an average size of 32.3 cm (1′ 1″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 5.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 903 grams (1.99 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Eastern barred bandicoots have 2 babies about 3 times per year. The Eastern barred bandicoot (genus: Perameles) is a member of the family Peramelidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) is a small, rabbit-sized marsupial native to Tasmania and Victoria, southeastern Australia. It is one of three extant bandicoot species in the genus Perameles.
Animals of the same family as a Eastern barred bandicoot
We found other animals of the Peramelidae family:
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Northern brown bandicoot with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Greater bilby with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Golden bandicoot with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Southern brown bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Desert bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Western barred bandicoot with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Long-nosed bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Lesser bilby with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Eastern barred bandicoot
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Eastern barred bandicoot:
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- European mink with a size of 36.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Tailless tenrec with a size of 32.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Great flying fox with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Javan mongoose with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Long-footed potoroo with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Hispaniolan hutia with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Eastern barred bandicoot
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Eastern barred bandicoot:
- Binturong
- Fossa (animal)
- Nilgiri striped squirrel
- Guaira spiny rat
- Highveld gerbil
- Jaguarundi
- Hoary bat
- Cougar
- Cacomistle
- Common treeshrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Eastern barred bandicoot
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Eastern barred bandicoot:
- Slender mongoose with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Sandhill dunnart with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Silky pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Serotine bat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 4.67 years
- Cave nectar bat with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Garden dormouse with an average maximal age of 5.5 years
- Brown-tailed mongoose with an average maximal age of 4.75 years
- Spinifex hopping mouse with an average maximal age of 5.17 years
- Scaly-tailed possum with an average maximal age of 6 years
Animals with the same weight as a Eastern barred bandicoot
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Perameles gunnii:
- Screaming hairy armadillo bringing 930 grams to the scale
- Namaqua slender mongoose bringing 750 grams to the scale
- Three-striped night monkey bringing 912 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed prairie dog bringing 797 grams to the scale
- Indian giant squirrel with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Rio Mayo titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Green acouchi bringing 966 grams to the scale
- Montane guinea pig with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Northern greater galago bringing 812 grams to the scale