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Common echymipera

Echymipera kalubu (Fischer, 1829)

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The common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu) is a species in the family Peramelidae, order Peramelemorphia. Recorded adults weigh 685 g to 1.17 kg and live up to 2.68 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu)
Photo: Cabrera, Angel; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Spain); Spain. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the common echymipera

Weight
685 g – 1.17 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.68 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
2.7 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
13 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
2.09src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.93src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the common echymipera live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The common echymipera is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the common echymipera?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu), or common spiny bandicoot, is a bandicoot. It is long-snouted even by bandicoot standards. The upper parts are a coarse reddish-brown, flecked with spiny buff and black hairs. The tail is short and almost hairless. Length varies between 30 and 40 cm (12 and 16 in), with the tail accounting for an additional 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in); the weight is from 0.6 to 2 kg (1.3 to 4.4 lb).

From the Wikipedia article “Common echymipera” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_echymipera&oldid=1366722030), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the common echymipera endangered?

The common echymipera is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the common echymipera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPeramelemorphia
  5. familyPeramelidae
  6. genusEchymipera
  7. SpeciesEchymipera kalubu (Fischer, 1829)

Synonyms Echymipera cockerelli, Perameles kalubu

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Common spiny bandicootEnglish
  • Kalubu echymiperaEnglish
  • Kalubu echymiperaEnglish
  • New Guinean spiny bandicootEnglish
  • بندقوط غينيا الجديدة الشوكيArabic
  • bandikutec kalubuCzech
  • FlachstachelnasenbeutlerGerman
  • Bandicut Espinoso de PapúaSpanish
  • PiikkipussimäyräFinnish
  • uuden-guineanpiikkipusseliFinnish
  • Péramèle ÉpineuxFrench
  • Kalubu EsutIndonesian
  • トゲバンディクートJapanese
  • PiggpunggrevlingNorwegian Bokmål
  • KortstaartbuideldasDutch
  • torbokolec zwyczajnyPolish
  • Bandicoot-espinho-comumPortuguese
  • Плоскоиглый бандикутRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the common echymipera

Other species in the same genus Echymipera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common echymipera?

An adult common echymipera weighs 685 g – 1.17 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the common echymipera live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the common echymipera for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the common echymipera endangered?

The common echymipera is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the common echymipera live?

The common echymipera has a recorded lifespan of 2.68 years.

How long is the common echymipera pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 13 days.

What kind of animal is the common echymipera?

The common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu) belongs to the family Peramelidae in the order Peramelemorphia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-echymipera

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BibTeX
@misc{common_echymipera_2026,
  title = {Common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-echymipera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}