David's echymipera
Echymipera davidi Flannery, 1990
The david's echymipera (Echymipera davidi) is a species in the family Peramelidae, order Peramelemorphia. Recorded adults weigh 817 g to 950 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
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Quick facts about the david's echymipera
- Weight
- 817 g – 950 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the david's 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 david's echymipera is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the david's echymipera?
David's echymipera (Echymipera davidi), or David's spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found on the island of Kiriwina, in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea, and may be present on other nearby islands also.
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Is the david's echymipera endangered?
The david's echymipera is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.
How is the david's echymipera classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderPeramelemorphia
- familyPeramelidae
- genusEchymipera
- SpeciesEchymipera davidi Flannery, 1990
Other names and names in other languages (14)
- David s echymiperaEnglish
- David's spiny bandicootEnglish
- David’s echymiperaEnglish
- David’s spiny bandicootEnglish
- بندقوط ديفد الشائكArabic
- bandikutec ostrovníCzech
- Kiriwina-StachelnasenbeutlerGerman
- Bandicut Espinoso de la Isla de KiriwinaSpanish
- papuanpiikkipusseliFinnish
- Péramèle Épineux De DavidFrench
- キリウィナトゲバンディクートJapanese
- torbokolec wyspowyPolish
- Bandicoot-espinho-de-KiriwinaPortuguese
- Бандикут ДавидаRussian
Relatives of the david's echymipera
Other species in the same genus Echymipera.
Common echymipera
Echymipera kalubu
Clara's echymipera
Echymipera clara
Long-nosed echymipera
Echymipera rufescens
Menzies' echymipera
Echymipera echinista
CompareDavid's echymipera vs Common echymiperaDavid's echymipera vs Clara's echymiperaDavid's echymipera vs Long-nosed echymiperaDavid's echymipera vs Menzies' echymipera
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the david's echymipera?
An adult david's echymipera weighs 817 g – 950 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the david's echymipera live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the david's echymipera for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the david's echymipera endangered?
The david's echymipera is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the david's echymipera?
The david's echymipera (Echymipera davidi) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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