How big does a Mouse bandicoot get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) reaches an average size of 20 cm (0′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Mouse bandicoot (genus: Microperoryctes) 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 mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.Type locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Paniai Div., Weyland Mtns, Sumuri Mtn, 2500 m
Animals of the same family as a Mouse bandicoot
We found other animals of the Peroryctidae family:
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Giant bandicoot with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Striped bandicoot with a size of 26.7 cm (0′ 11″)
- Clara’s echymipera with a size of 34.1 cm (1′ 2″)
- David’s echymipera with a size of 37.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Common echymipera with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
- Papuan bandicoot with a size of 19.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Raffray’s bandicoot with a size of 34.6 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same size as a Mouse bandicoot
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mouse bandicoot:
- Northern flying squirrel with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Geelvink Bay flying fox with a size of 19.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Nimba otter shrew with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Sulawesi flying fox with a size of 20.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- American red squirrel with a size of 18.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Red-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.2 cm (0′ 9″)
- Culion tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Large vlei rat with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Plantain squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- White-tailed antsangy with a size of 22.5 cm (0′ 9″)