How big does a Fawn antechinus get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus) reaches an average size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 2.25 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 38 grams (0.08 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Fawn antechinuss have 10 babies about 1 times per year. The Fawn antechinus (genus: Antechinus) 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.
The fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus) is a species of small carnivorous marsupial found in northern Australia. It is the only Antechinus to be found in the Northern Territory and has a patchy, restricted range. Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land call this animal Mulbu, as they do many rodents . The spelling is given as Mulbbu on the Bininj Kunwok website
Animals of the same family as a Fawn antechinus
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Black-tailed dasyure with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cinnamon antechinus with 8 babies per litter
- Lesser hairy-footed dunnart with 5 babies per litter
- Dusky antechinus with 8 babies per litter
- Short-furred dasyure with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Kowari with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Ningbing false antechinus with 4 babies per litter
- White-footed dunnart with 8 babies per litter
- Hairy-footed dunnart with a weight of 15 grams
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same size as a Fawn antechinus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Fawn antechinus:
- Forest Oldfield mouse with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Small Luzon forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Southern red-backed vole with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Aegialomys galapagoensis with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern water rat with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mount Apo forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gould’s mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Serra do Mar grass mouse with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Fawn antechinus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (10) as a Fawn antechinus:
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Fawn antechinus
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Fawn antechinus:
- Golden mouse with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Pen-tailed treeshrew with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Norway lemming with an average maximal age of 2 years
- Red hocicudo with an average maximal age of 2.58 years
- Common opossum with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Tome’s spiny rat with an average maximal age of 2.58 years
- Australian swamp rat with an average maximal age of 2.42 years
- Cinnamon antechinus with an average maximal age of 2 years
- Lowland streaked tenrec with an average maximal age of 2.67 years
- Asian house shrew with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Fawn antechinus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Antechinus bellus:
- Meadow vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Singing vole bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Spinifex hopping mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Geoxus valdivianus bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Typical striped grass mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Yellow-footed antechinus bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Musso’s fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied caenolestid bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat bringing 36 grams to the scale