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How many babies does a Giant bandicoot have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Giant bandicoots are in a litter?

A Giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 12 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 2.7 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Peroryctidae family (genus: Peroryctes). An adult Giant bandicoot grows up to a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Giant bandicoot is 1

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.

Other animals of the family Peroryctidae

Giant bandicoot is a member of the Peroryctidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Giant bandicoot

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Giant bandicoot

What other animals weight around 4.8 kg (10.58 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Giant bandicoot

Also reaching around 51.5 cm (1′ 9″) in size do these animals: