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Menzies’ echymipera size: How big do they get?

How big does a Menzies’ echymipera get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Menzies’ echymipera (Echymipera echinista) reaches an average size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs). The Menzies’ echymipera (genus: Echymipera) 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.

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Menzies’ echymipera (Echymipera echinista), or Menzies’ spiny bandicoot or Fly River bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Animals of the same family as a Menzies’ echymipera

We found other animals of the Peroryctidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Menzies’ echymipera

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

Animals with the same weight as a Menzies’ echymipera

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Echymipera echinista: