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Giant bandicoot
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Peroryctes
Species:	P. broadbenti
Binomial name
Peroryctes broadbenti (Ramsay, 1879)
Giant bandicoot range

The giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

The type locality is Papua New Guinea, Central Province, banks of the Goldie River (a tributary of the Laloki River), inland from Port Moresby.

Of the 11 species of bandicoots on mainland Papua New Guinea, the giant bandicoot is the only bandicoot species that weighs more than 2 kg (4.4 lb). The giant bandicoot is more than twice the weight of other bandicoots and adult males of the species can attain weights well in excess of 4 kg (8.8 lb).

References

1. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Peroryctes broadbenti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16710A21965270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16710A21965270.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. Aplin, Kenneth P.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Lunde, Darrin P. (September 2010). "A Review of Peroryctes broadbenti, the Giant Bandicoot of Papua New Guinea". American Museum Novitates (3696): 1–41. doi:10.1206/3696.2. S2CID 86118041.

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