It is hard to guess what a Long-nosed bandicoot weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) on average weights 720 grams (1.59 lbs).
The Long-nosed bandicoot is from the family Peramelidae (genus: Perameles). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 32.3 cm (1′ 1″). Usually, Long-nosed bandicoots have 2 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) is a species of bandicoot found in eastern Australia, from north Queensland along the east coast to Victoria. Around 40 centimetres (16 in) long, it is sandy- or grey-brown with a long snouty nose. Omnivorous, it forages for invertebrates, fungi and plants at night.
Animals of the same family as a Long-nosed bandicoot
We found other animals of the Peramelidae family:
- Southern brown bandicoot with a weight of 825 grams
- Eastern barred bandicoot with a weight of 903 grams
- Western barred bandicoot with a weight of 230 grams
- Northern brown bandicoot bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Desert bandicoot with a weight of 499 grams
- Golden bandicoot with a weight of 425 grams
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot with a weight of 220 grams
- Lesser bilby with a weight of 364 grams
- Greater bilby bringing 1.23 kilos (2.71 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Long-nosed bandicoot
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Perameles nasuta:
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Meerkat bringing 730 grams to the scale
- Bismarck giant rat bringing 613 grams to the scale
- Conover’s tuco-tuco bringing 860 grams to the scale
- Central American squirrel monkey bringing 714 grams to the scale
- Mountain beaver bringing 806 grams to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 620 grams to the scale
- Stump-tailed porcupine bringing 832 grams to the scale
- Maned rat bringing 755 grams to the scale
- Black and red bush squirrel bringing 692 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Long-nosed bandicoot
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Long-nosed bandicoot: