What are the bandicoot's predators?

Answer 1

Bandicoots have a pointed snout which helps them to find food. They feed on insects such as crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, beetles, Spiders, grubs and beetle larvae. They dig for their food, and evidence of their feeding activities can be seen in suburban backyards by numerous bandicoot-snout-shaped pock-marks all over the lawn.

Bandicoots have hind feet which are much longer than their front feet. The second and third toes of each hind foot are fused together, which give them the strong base needed by hopping animals, and also a rather effective tool for grooming themselves and removing parasites from their fur.

Bandicoots' front feet have strong claws used for digging and searching for insect prey.

Answer 2

The Bilby (Macrotis Lagotis), sometimes known as a rabbit eared bandicoot, is a small marsupial of Australia. It was originally found throughout Australia, in much more hospitable environments, but habitat loss due to European settlement has driven it into the desert. It has developed a number of physical adaptations which help it to survive in its harsh desert environment.

1. Large ears.

The large ears have several purposes. The main reason for having large ears is for thermo regulation (to cool the bilby). Blood flows quickly into the thin tissue around the Bilby's ears, preventing them from getting too hot during the day and from losing body heat quickly at night.

These large ears give the bilby an excellent sense of hearing, which makes up for the fact that their sense of sight is not as well-developed. They can also be rotated, much as a cat's ears do, to discern direction and distances of sounds.

2. Sharp Claws

The bilby has sharp claws similar to those of the bandicoot. These claws allow for burrowing deep into the arid earth which pawed animals would have difficulty penetrating. There are five front digits on each foot, with the central three being longer than the outside ones.

Sharp claws also allow the marsupial to dig out plants for eating. Bilbies are omnivores and must forage for invertebrates such as insects, as well as digging out plant bulbs and tubers.

3. A Long Tongue

The bilby has a long tongue to help it when feeding on fungi, root bulbs and insect larvae.

4. Backwards-Facing Pouch

The female bilby has a backwards-facing pouch. This prevents dirt from getting into the pouch when the creature is digging.

5. Water Needs

The bilby does not need to drink water. It obtains enough moisture from the food it eats.

6. Long Snout

The bilby has a long snout, and an excellent sense of smell. These two adaptations help it to hunt out and catch small prey such as the small invertebrates (insects and larvae) on which it feeds, and also helps it to reach other foods such as bulbs, fruit, fungi and seeds easily.

7. Reproduction

As a marsupial, the bilby has a shorter gestation period than other mammals. Its gestation period is only around fourteen days.

Answer 3

bandicoots live in australia and papa new guinie.They feed mainly on

bugs and live in burrows.People think their pests

but they actully help the farmers by getting

rid of bugs.

Answer 4

Bandicoots are terrestrial and use thick undergrowth for food and shelter. During the day, the are concealed in nests of leaf litter.

Answer 5

The main predators of the bandicoot in its natural habitat are nocturnal Birds of Prey, and in some areas, quolls.

Significant introduced predators include foxes and feral cats.