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How many babies does a Western brush wallaby have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Western brush wallabys are in a litter?

A Western brush wallaby (Macropus irma) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 4 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 2.6 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Macropodidae family (genus: Macropus). An adult Western brush wallaby grows up to a size of 87.7 cm (2′ 11″).

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 Western brush wallaby is 1

The western brush wallaby (Macropus irma), also known as the black-gloved wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in the southwest coastal region of Western Australia. The wallaby’s main threat is predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes). The IUCN lists the western brush wallaby as Least Concern, as it remains fairly widespread and the population is believed to be stable or increasing, as a result of fox control programs.The western brush wallaby has a grey colour with distinctive white colouring around the face, arms and legs (although it does have black gloves as its alternative common name implies). It is an unusually diurnal macropod that eats mainly grass.

Other animals of the family Macropodidae

Western brush wallaby is a member of the Macropodidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Western brush wallaby

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Western brush wallaby

What other animals weight around 8 kg (17.64 lbs)?