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How many babies does a Western grey kangaroo have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Western grey kangaroos are in a litter?

A Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 30 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. 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 grey kangaroo grows up to a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″).

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 grey kangaroo is 1

The western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, and sooty kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland.

Other animals of the family Macropodidae

Western grey kangaroo is a member of the Macropodidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Western grey kangaroo

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Western grey kangaroo

Other animals that usually reach the age of 20 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Western grey kangaroo

What other animals weight around 25.58 kg (56.4 lbs)?