How big does a Dingiso get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso) reaches an average size of 67.4 cm (2′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 9.4 kg (20.71 lbs). The Dingiso (genus: Dendrolagus) 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 dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso), also known as bondegezou, is a species of tree-kangaroo endemic to Papua Province central on New Guinea island, in northeastern Indonesia.The species epithet, mbaiso, means “the forbidden animal” in Moni.
Animals of the same family as a Dingiso
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Eastern grey kangaroo with a size of 87.7 cm (2′ 11″)
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs) to the scale
- Dusky pademelon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo with 1 babies per litter
- Allied rock-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Toolache wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Brown dorcopsis with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a size of 62.4 cm (2′ 1″)
- Black-striped wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Red-necked pademelon with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Dingiso
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dingiso:
- Angola colobus with a size of 56.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Collared mangabey with a size of 66 cm (2′ 2″)
- Pygmy hog with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Agile wallaby with a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″)
- Tibetan sand fox with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Small Indian civet with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Cape genet with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Suni with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same weight as a Dingiso
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus mbaiso:
- Siamang with a weight of 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs)
- Sharpe’s grysbok with a weight of 9.37 kilos (20.66 lbs)
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 8.98 kilos (19.8 lbs)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a weight of 9.07 kilos (20 lbs)
- Capped langur with a weight of 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs)
- Southern muriqui with a weight of 10.57 kilos (23.3 lbs)
- Pygmy hog with a weight of 7.92 kilos (17.46 lbs)
- Water chevrotain with a weight of 10.83 kilos (23.88 lbs)
- Side-striped jackal with a weight of 10.4 kilos (22.93 lbs)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a weight of 8.91 kilos (19.64 lbs)