Mouse bandicoot
Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932
The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species in the family Peramelidae, order Peramelemorphia. Recorded adults weigh 229.6 g to 817.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
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Quick facts about the mouse bandicoot
- Weight
- 229.6 g – 817.5 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
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the mouse bandicoot 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 mouse bandicoot 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 mouse bandicoot?
The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
It is suggested that M. murina has evolved and adapted to a lifestyle similar to that of small, insect- and worm-eating shrews and shrew-mice found in the highland forests of Southeast Asia and Melanesia because of its specific fur color (plain, smoky-grey) and texture (soft and woolly). Although little is known about the diet of other Microperoryctes species, the majority of bandicoots are generally considered omnivores.
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Is the mouse bandicoot endangered?
The mouse bandicoot is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the mouse bandicoot classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderPeramelemorphia
- familyPeramelidae
- genusMicroperoryctes
- SpeciesMicroperoryctes murina Stein, 1932
Other names and names in other languages (14)
- Weyland mouse bandicootEnglish
- Weyland mouse bandicootEnglish
- بندقوط فأريArabic
- bandikutec myšíCzech
- Weyland-MausnasenbeutlerGerman
- Maus-NasenbeutlerGerman
- Bandicut Pigmeo MurinoSpanish
- hiiripusseliFinnish
- Péramèle-sourisFrench
- マウスバンディクートJapanese
- DvergpunggrevlingNorwegian Bokmål
- Kleine BuideldasDutch
- jamrajek mysiPolish
- Мышевидный бандикутRussian
Relatives of the mouse bandicoot
Other species in the same genus Microperoryctes.
Striped bandicoot
Microperoryctes longicauda
Papuan bandicoot
Microperoryctes papuensis
Arfak pygmy bandicoot
Microperoryctes aplini
CompareMouse bandicoot vs Striped bandicootMouse bandicoot vs Papuan bandicootMouse bandicoot vs Arfak pygmy bandicoot
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mouse bandicoot?
An adult mouse bandicoot weighs 229.6 g – 817.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the mouse bandicoot live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the mouse bandicoot for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the mouse bandicoot endangered?
The mouse bandicoot is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the mouse bandicoot?
The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) 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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