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How much does a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo weight?

It is hard to guess what a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Bennett’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) on average weights 10.48 kg (23.1 lbs).

The Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dendrolagus). They can live for up to 20 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 49.9 cm (1′ 8″). Usually, Bennett’s tree-kangaroos have 1 babies per litter.

As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.

The average adult weight of a Bennett's tree-kangaroo is 10.48 kg (23.1 lbs)

Bennett’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) is a large tree-kangaroo. Males can weigh from 11.5 kg up to almost 14 kg (25 to 31 lbs), while the females range between about 8 to 10.6 kg (17.6 to 23 lbs). They are very agile and are able to leap 9 metres (30 ft) down to another branch and have been known to drop as far as 18 metres (59 ft) to the ground without injury.

Animals of the same family as a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo

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Animals with the same weight as a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo

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Animals with the same litter size as a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo: