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Giant bandicoot size: How big do they get?

How big does a Giant bandicoot get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) reaches an average size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 4.8 kg (10.58 lbs). A Giant bandicoot has 1 babies at once. The Giant bandicoot (genus: Peroryctes) is a member of the family Peroryctidae.

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 average adult size of a Giant bandicoot is (1' 9

The giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.The type locality is Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., banks of Goldie River (a tributary of the Laloki River) inland from Port Moresby.

Animals of the same family as a Giant bandicoot

We found other animals of the Peroryctidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Giant bandicoot

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Giant bandicoot:

Animals with the same litter size as a Giant bandicoot

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Giant bandicoot:

Animals with the same weight as a Giant bandicoot

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peroryctes broadbenti: