Alicia+-+Bandicoot

Alicia - Bandicoot The Australia Bandicoot The Bandicoot is a pretty marsupial. It has orange, grayish or brown fur with stripes. They have large like rabbit ears. It is bigger than a rabbit and smaller than a small dog. The Bandicoot has a trunk like snout, powerful hind legs and a pouch that opens to the rear. When a bandicoot is a baby it is 6 inches and then when he is grown up it is 22 inches tall. The Bandicoot has 2 features which place it apart from other marsupial they have small feet. Their second and third toes are grown together like a kangaroo’s. They have incisor teeth, as do all insects and flesh eating marsupials. Bandicoots hop around like kangaroos on there hind legs. Though they are much smaller ranging from 6 inches to 22 inches in length depending on the species. They are found along the entire cost of Australia including Tasmania also in the rain forest also forests and logs and tunnels. Most kinds of bandicoots live in forests. You normally see bandicoots at night as they are nocturnal creatures and spend the daylight hours hiding in logs and crevices. Bandicoots love to feed on insects, and other small invertebrates and soft root of plants. They feed at night, darting here and there to avoid being seen by there many predators. They eat plants and animals. It eats insects like termites and lizards, mice, worms, snails, fruit, seeds, and some plants .the bandicoot is a omnivore. Bandicoots need a little water they get their water from the food they eat. Bandicoots are hunted by foxes and feral cats, cats that have reverted to the wild. Bandicoots retreat into their burrow for protection. There are 19 different species of bandicoots that live under ground because they dig burrows. The Bandicoots have pouches. The bandicoots are in danger of extinction. http://australian-animals.net/