How big does a Agile wallaby get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Agile wallaby (Macropus agilis) reaches an average size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 12 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 11.86 kg (26.14 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Agile wallabys have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Agile wallaby (genus: Macropus) is a member of the family Macropodidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The agile wallaby (Macropus agilis) also known as the sandy wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in Australia’s north. The agile wallaby is a sandy colour becoming paler below. It is sometimes solitary and at other times sociable and grazes on grasses and other plants. The agile wallaby is not considered threatened.Kunwinjku at Kudjekbinj, western Arnhem Land call this animal konabalar, the male warradjurk and the female, malbe. According to Kunwinjku elder Peterson Nganjmirra, the “small one” (joey) is known as njip. Bininj Kunwok dictionary gives different names, warradjangkal for male agile wallaby, merlbbe for female.
Animals of the same family as a Agile wallaby
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Toolache wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Banded hare-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Black-striped wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Short-eared rock-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Brown dorcopsis with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Monjon with 1 babies per litter
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a size of 62.4 cm (2′ 1″)
- Crescent nail-tail wallaby with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Agile wallaby
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Agile wallaby:
- Celebes crested macaque with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Arctic hare with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Assam macaque with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Neotropical otter with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Fossa (animal) with a size of 72.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- Canada lynx with a size of 70.4 cm (2′ 4″)
- Silvery gibbon with a size of 67.6 cm (2′ 3″)
- King colobus with a size of 62.7 cm (2′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Agile wallaby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Agile wallaby:
- Common noctule
- Underwood’s bonneted bat
- Giant panda
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse
- Sooty mustached bat
- Fraternal myotis
- Gray bat
- Subantarctic fur seal
- Grévy’s zebra
- Aye-aye
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Agile wallaby
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Agile wallaby:
- Four-horned antelope with an average maximal age of 10.75 years
- Greater fairy armadillo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Whiptail wallaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Pudú with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10.42 years
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Eastern spotted skunk with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Pronghorn with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Hispaniolan hutia with an average maximal age of 9.83 years
- Ring-tailed vontsira with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
Animals with the same weight as a Agile wallaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macropus agilis:
- White-bellied duiker with a weight of 13.1 kilos (28.88 lbs)
- Steenbok with a weight of 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs)
- Water deer with a weight of 12.73 kilos (28.06 lbs)
- Toolache wallaby with a weight of 10 kilos (22.05 lbs)
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a weight of 13.28 kilos (29.28 lbs)
- Mantled guereza with a weight of 9.96 kilos (21.96 lbs)
- Pudú with a weight of 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs)
- Red-flanked duiker with a weight of 12.06 kilos (26.59 lbs)
- African golden cat with a weight of 11.29 kilos (24.89 lbs)
- Proboscis monkey with a weight of 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs)