Echymipera kalubu
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu), or common spiny bandicoot, is a bandicoot. It is long-snouted even by bandicoot standards. The upper parts are a coarse reddish-brown, flecked with spiny buff and black hairs. The tail is short and almost hairless. Length varies between 30 and 40 cm (12 and 16 in), with the tail accounting for an additional 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in); the weight is from 0.6 to 2 kg (1.3 to 4.4 lb).
The name kalubu, from which the scientific name is derived, is from the Ma'ya language of the Raja Ampat Islands. The common echymipera is native to New Guinea. Its presence in the Admiralty Islands is due to human introduction several thousand years ago, but not before 13,000 B.P. However, unlike Phalangeridae species (cuscus), which have historically been widely introduced and distributed by humans, the Peramelidae (bandicoots) have generally not been spread as much via human introductions.
It is hunted for human consumption in New Guinea. The Common echymipera is a host of the Acanthocephalan intestinal parasite Australiformis semoni. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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No species of the same family or order lives in Raja Ampat, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Echymipera sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 13 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Echymipera in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Echymipera sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Echymipera sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Echymipera is recorded against all the mammals logged in Raja Ampat (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
