It is hard to guess what a Papuan bandicoot weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis) on average weights 158 grams (0.35 lbs).
The Papuan bandicoot is from the family Peroryctidae (genus: Microperoryctes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.3 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Papuan bandicoots can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. M. papuensis is a small bandicoot with a soft coat with a clear back, upper torso and face stripes. Its head to body length is 175–205 mm; tail length 142–158 mm; the hind foot length is from 43 to 47.1 mm; the ear length 25 to 28 mm and it weighs 145-184 g.
Animals of the same family as a Papuan bandicoot
We found other animals of the Peroryctidae family:
- Menzies’ echymipera bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- Striped bandicoot with a weight of 542 grams
- Clara’s echymipera bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- Giant bandicoot bringing 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs) to the scale
- Long-nosed echymipera bringing 1.05 kilos (2.31 lbs) to the scale
- Mouse bandicoot with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Raffray’s bandicoot with a weight of 905 grams
- Common echymipera with a weight of 825 grams
- David’s echymipera with a weight of 817 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Papuan bandicoot
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microperoryctes papuensis:
- Nicobar treeshrew bringing 170 grams to the scale
- New Guinean rat bringing 133 grams to the scale
- Laminate vlei rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Isarog striped shrew-rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Indian hedgehog bringing 171 grams to the scale
- New Caledonia flying fox bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Indian palm squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Masked flying fox bringing 130 grams to the scale
- Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat bringing 175 grams to the scale
- Broad-toothed mouse bringing 129 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Papuan bandicoot
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Papuan bandicoot:
- Mountain treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Hispid cotton rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Thomas’s rope squirrel with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Camas pocket gopher with a size of 19.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Harris’s antelope squirrel with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Tropical ground squirrel with a size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Biak naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 16.4 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Papuan bandicoot
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Papuan bandicoot: