How big does a Greater bilby get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) reaches an average size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 10 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Greater bilbys have 2 babies about 4 times per year. The Greater bilby (genus: Macrotis) is a member of the family Peramelidae.
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 greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis), often referred to simply as the bilby since the lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura) became extinct in the 1950s, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the order Peramelemorphia. Other vernacular names include dalgyte, pinkie, or rabbit-eared bandicoot. Greater bilbies live in arid parts of northwestern and central Australia. Their range and population is in decline.
Animals of the same family as a Greater bilby
We found other animals of the Peramelidae family:
- Western barred bandicoot with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Southern brown bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Lesser bilby with 2 babies per litter
- Golden bandicoot with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Long-nosed bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Desert bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Northern brown bandicoot with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot with 2 babies per litter
- Eastern barred bandicoot with a size of 32.3 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same size as a Greater bilby
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater bilby:
- Ruddy mongoose with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Tapeti with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a size of 43.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Telefomin cuscus with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Northern olingo with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Patagonian weasel with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Mountain cottontail with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Red-tailed monkey with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Atlantic titi with a size of 36.2 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater bilby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Greater bilby:
- Fossa (animal)
- Stripe-necked mongoose
- Highveld gerbil
- Peters’s climbing rat
- Red hocicudo
- Greater dwarf shrew
- Chinese ferret-badger
- Northern pygmy mouse
- Greater mole-rat
- Canada lynx
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater bilby
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater bilby:
- Southern tamandua with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Common kusimanse with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Jaguarundi with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
- White-tailed mongoose with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Blanford’s fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Ord’s kangaroo rat with an average maximal age of 9.75 years
- Blue duiker with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Little pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 8.25 years
- Common noctule with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Jaguarundi with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
Animals with the same weight as a Greater bilby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macrotis lagotis:
- European pine marten with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Rio Beni titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Emin’s pouched rat with a weight of 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs)
- Lemur-like ringtail possum bringing 997 grams to the scale
- Angolan talapoin with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Rufous hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
- Nabarlek with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- White-eared opossum with a weight of 1.03 kilos (2.27 lbs)
- Southern three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)