1. Profile (Picture)
2. Tidbits
3. Status and Trends (IUCN Status, Countries Where Currently Found, History of
Distribution, Threats and Reasons for Decline)
4. Data on Biology and Ecology (Weight, Habitat, Birth Rate, Diet)
5. References
Picture: Related Species - Raffray's Bandicoot (Peroryctes raffrayana) (60 Kb JPEG) (Terrambiente)
A giant bandicoot weighing about 5 kg (11 lb) has been recorded. The giant bandicoot is
found in lowland rainforest. There is speculation that it also occurs in lowland hill
forest. Vegetable matter comprises at least a portion of the giant bandicoot's diet.
In recent times the giant bandicoot has only been reported from the lowlands of southeast Papua New Guinea. Specimens have been listed from the
Port Moresby area and Collingwood Bay. It is hunted for food.
*** This species is the largest bandicoot in the world.
*** Despite its name, the giant bandicoot displays "light-footed speed" when startled from cover in the forest. (Flannery 1995)
2004: Occurs in Papua New Guinea. (IUCN 2004)
In recent times the giant bandicoot has only been reported from the lowlands of southeast Papua New Guinea. Specimens have been listed from the Port Moresby area and Collingwood Bay.
It is hunted for food.
A giant bandicoot weighing about 5 kg (11 lb) has been recorded.
The giant bandicoot is found in lowland rainforest There is speculation that it also occurs in lowland hill forest, possibly up to 2000 m (6560') or more (Flannery 1995).
One instance of twins has been noted.
Vegetable matter comprises at least a portion of the giant bandicoot's diet.
Flannery 1995, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2003a, IUCN 2004, Kennedy 1992, Macdonald 1984, Terrambiente
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