 Although their native predators include barn owls, tiger snakes, and quolls, the bandicoots do not avoid the odour of these animals, which may make them vulnerable to predation.They do, however, typically avoid one another, living solitary lives in non-overlapping home ranges that typically vary from , depending on the local conditions.If males encounter one another, the more dominant individual leaps onto the back of the other, scratching with its claws.