How big does a Dibbler get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) reaches an average size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 3 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 72 grams (0.16 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Dibblers have 7 babies about 1 times per year. The Dibbler (genus: Parantechinus) is a member of the family Dasyuridae.
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.
Dibbler is the common name for Parantechinus apicalis, an endangered species of marsupial. It is an inhabitant of the southwest mainland of Western Australia and some offshore islands. It is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia, and the only member of the genus, Parantechinus. The dibbler is a small, nocturnal carnivore with speckled fur that is white around the eyes.
Animals of the same family as a Dibbler
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Narrow-nosed planigale with 5 babies per litter
- Sminthopsis laniger with 5 babies per litter
- Common planigale with 7 babies per litter
- Little long-tailed dunnart with 7 babies per litter
- Short-furred dasyure with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Agile antechinus with 10 babies per litter
- Southern ningaui with 7 babies per litter
- Speckled dasyure with a size of 19.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Kowari with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Little red kaluta with 6 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Dibbler
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dibbler:
- Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chiapan deer mouse with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Stephens’s kangaroo rat with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hairy-tailed mole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Philippine tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Greater tree mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bunny rat with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-nosed dasyure with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dibbler
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (7) as a Dibbler:
- Piute ground squirrel
- Common planigale
- Stripe-faced dunnart
- Steppe polecat
- Gray short-tailed opossum
- Common opossum
- Fat-tailed dunnart
- European hamster
- Mediterranean water shrew
- Little long-tailed dunnart
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Dibbler
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Dibbler:
- White-footed mouse with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Small Japanese mole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Winter white dwarf hamster with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Lowland streaked tenrec with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Parantechinus bilarni with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Kultarr with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Narrow-nosed planigale with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Little red kaluta with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Yellow-footed antechinus with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Monito del monte with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
Animals with the same weight as a Dibbler
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Parantechinus apicalis:
- Broad-footed mole bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- European mole bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Bolivian big-eared mouse bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Durango chipmunk bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltepec bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys intectus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Large fruit-eating bat bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Transandinomys bolivaris bringing 60 grams to the scale