It is hard to guess what a Red-legged pademelon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red-legged pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica) on average weights 4.53 kg (9.98 lbs).
The Red-legged pademelon is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Thylogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 56.6 cm (1′ 11″). Usually, Red-legged pademelons have 1 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 red-legged pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica) is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. In Australia it has a scattered distribution from the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to around Tamworth in New South Wales. In New Guinea it is found in south central lowlands.The red-legged pademelon is usually solitary but may group together when feeding. It is found mostly in rainforests, where it is rarely seen, but it is not considered threatened. In New South Wales, however, it is considered to be vulnerable. It feeds on fallen fruit, leaves and grasses. It weighs 2.5 to 7 kg and is 38–58 cm long with a 30–47 cm tail.There are four subspecies of the red-legged pademelon:T. s. stigmatica, found in the Cairns region of Queensland;T. s. coxenii, found in Cape York Peninsula;T. s. orimo, found in New Guinea;T. s. wilcoxi, found in southern Queensland and New South Wales.
Animals of the same family as a Red-legged pademelon
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Black-striped wallaby bringing 11.23 kilos (24.76 lbs) to the scale
- Dingiso bringing 9.4 kilos (20.72 lbs) to the scale
- Western grey kangaroo bringing 25.58 kilos (56.39 lbs) to the scale
- Black dorcopsis bringing 6.2 kilos (13.67 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern grey kangaroo bringing 33.51 kilos (73.88 lbs) to the scale
- Crescent nail-tail wallaby bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Antilopine kangaroo bringing 27.28 kilos (60.14 lbs) to the scale
- Western brush wallaby bringing 8 kilos (17.64 lbs) to the scale
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby bringing 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs) to the scale
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo bringing 8.31 kilos (18.32 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red-legged pademelon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Thylogale stigmatica:
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs)
- Short-beaked echidna with a weight of 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs)
- Blue duiker with a weight of 4.9 kilos (10.8 lbs)
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Kit fox with a weight of 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs)
- European hare with a weight of 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs)
- Pale-throated sloth with a weight of 4.33 kilos (9.55 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Long-tailed marmot with a weight of 4.35 kilos (9.59 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Red-legged pademelon
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red-legged pademelon:
- Long-nosed echymipera with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Western red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- White-striped dorcopsis with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Blue monkey with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Silvery gibbon with a size of 67.6 cm (2′ 3″)
- Diana monkey with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Indian pangolin with a size of 54.3 cm (1′ 10″)
- Pileated gibbon with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Coypu with a size of 52.1 cm (1′ 9″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Red-legged pademelon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red-legged pademelon: