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Long-nosed echymipera

Echymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875)

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens) is a species in the family Peramelidae, order Peramelemorphia. Recorded adults weigh 875 g to 1.46 kg and live up to 2.99 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the long-nosed echymipera

Weight
875 g – 1.46 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.99 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
3.1 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
2.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src 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 long-nosed 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 long-nosed 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the long-nosed echymipera?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-nosed echymipera” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-nosed_echymipera&oldid=1315261891), 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 long-nosed echymipera endangered?

The long-nosed 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. What the categories mean.

How is the long-nosed echymipera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPeramelemorphia
  5. familyPeramelidae
  6. genusEchymipera
  7. SpeciesEchymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875)

Synonyms Perameles rufescens

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Long-nosed spiny bandicootEnglish
  • Long-nosed spiny BnadicootEnglish
  • بندقوط شوكي طويل الأنفArabic
  • bandikutec nosatýCzech
  • Roter StachelnasenbeutlerGerman
  • Bandicut Espinoso RojizoSpanish
  • capeyorkinpiikkipusseliFinnish
  • Péramèle RouxFrench
  • Kalubu Nambap-SopIndonesian
  • アカトゲバンディクートJapanese
  • RødpiggpunggrevlingNorwegian Bokmål
  • LangneusbuideldasDutch
  • torbokolec długonosyPolish
  • Bandicoot-espinho-narigudoPortuguese
  • Толстоголовый бандикутRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-nosed 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 long-nosed echymipera?

An adult long-nosed echymipera weighs 875 g – 1.46 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-nosed echymipera live?

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

Is the long-nosed echymipera endangered?

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

How long does the long-nosed echymipera live?

The long-nosed echymipera has a recorded lifespan of 2.99 years.

What kind of animal is the long-nosed echymipera?

The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens) belongs to the family Peramelidae in the order Peramelemorphia.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-nosed-echymipera

MLA

“Long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-nosed-echymipera.

BibTeX
@misc{long_nosed_echymipera_2026,
  title = {Long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-nosed-echymipera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}