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How many babies does a Fawn antechinus have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Fawn antechinuss are in a litter?

A Fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus) usually gives birth to around 10 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 10 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 30 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 13.5 kg (29.76 lbs) and measure 1.7 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Dasyuridae family (genus: Antechinus). An adult Fawn antechinus grows up to a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Fawn antechinus is 10

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

Other animals of the family Dasyuridae

Fawn antechinus is a member of the Dasyuridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Fawn antechinus

Those animals also give birth to 10 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Fawn antechinus

Other animals that usually reach the age of 2.25 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Fawn antechinus

What other animals weight around 38 grams (0.08 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Fawn antechinus

Also reaching around 11.4 cm (0′ 5″) in size do these animals: