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Bandicoot
Paul Yupy
Yamok Village, Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
2009
wood and natural pigments
43" x 8" x 14"
$1,700.00
CAT# Yam 0813
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Bandicoots are small burrowing marsupials found in many areas of New Guinea. They range in size from the Mouse Bandicoot which is about 6" long to the Giant Bandicoot, about the size of a rabbit.
Female bandicoots have a pouch that opens to the rear, and contains eight nipples. The maximum litter size is therefore eight, since marsupial young are attached to the nipple during development, although two to four young per litter is a more typical number. The gestation period of bandicoots is the shortest among mammals, at just 12.5 days, the young are weaned at around two months of age, and reach sexual maturity at just three months. This allows a given female to produce more than one litter per breeding season.
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