>>11901697Wouldn't necessarily be surprising depending on how and when they learned of bandicoots. I imagine Spaniards found their way to Australia in the 1600s or sonewhat later but say they didn't fully become aware of them til the 19th century and were introduced to them by Australians they would probably call them what Australians called them or make up a word similar that like el bandicote'
Maybe they thought for 100s of years it was a funny rat and one day someone said, "oh ye wanker that int no bloody rat that there's a bandicoot ye daft cunt. Callin me bandicoot a rat piss off m8."