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Giant bandicoot

Order : Peramelemorphia
Family : Peroryctidae
Species : Peroryctes broadbenti

The Giant bandicoot is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the giant bandicoot

The giant bandicoot is found in lowland rainforest. (Full text)

Habitat: 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). (Full text)