It is hard to guess what a Black-striped wallaby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black-striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) on average weights 11.23 kg (24.75 lbs).
The Black-striped wallaby is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Macropus). They can live for up to 15 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 64.6 cm (2′ 2″). Usually, Black-striped wallabys 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 black-striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis), also known as the scrub wallaby or eastern brush wallaby, is a medium-sized wallaby found in Australia, from Townsville in Queensland to Narrabri in New South Wales. In New South Wales it is only found west of the Great Dividing Range. It is decreasing in these areas, but is not classified as threatened as a species yet. The New South Wales population, however, is classified as endangered.The black-striped wallaby resembles the mainland race of the red-necked wallaby, differing in the black line down its back, a white stripe over the hip and more red colouration (extending down the arms and further down the abdomen). It is shy, nocturnal grazer and is not well known, owing to its preference for thick scrub, where it may easily be hidden.
Animals of the same family as a Black-striped wallaby
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Nabarlek bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Red-necked wallaby bringing 16.83 kilos (37.1 lbs) to the scale
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby bringing 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs) to the scale
- Western grey kangaroo bringing 25.58 kilos (56.39 lbs) to the scale
- Unadorned rock-wallaby bringing 4.56 kilos (10.05 lbs) to the scale
- Black dorcopsis bringing 6.2 kilos (13.67 lbs) to the scale
- Dusky pademelon bringing 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs) to the scale
- Red kangaroo bringing 38.98 kilos (85.94 lbs) to the scale
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby bringing 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs) to the scale
- Western brush wallaby bringing 8 kilos (17.64 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black-striped wallaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macropus dorsalis:
- Sharpe’s grysbok with a weight of 9.37 kilos (20.66 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 13.46 kilos (29.67 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 12.27 kilos (27.05 lbs)
- European badger with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Whiptail wallaby with a weight of 12.67 kilos (27.93 lbs)
- Black colobus with a weight of 9.1 kilos (20.06 lbs)
- Coyote with a weight of 12 kilos (26.46 lbs)
- Dingiso with a weight of 9.4 kilos (20.72 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.12 kilos (20.11 lbs)
- Large Indian civet with a weight of 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Black-striped wallaby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Black-striped wallaby:
- Bonnet macaque
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
- Bushveld elephant shrew
- Preuss’s monkey
- Sable antelope
- Tropical vlei rat
- Crested mona monkey
- Malayan tapir
- Southern marsupial mole
- Baiji
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Black-striped wallaby
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Black-striped wallaby:
- Tammar wallaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Masked palm civet with an average maximal age of 18 years
- European hedgehog with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Swamp wallaby with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Santarem marmoset with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Nabarlek with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Greater bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Black bearded saki with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Thylacine with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Jentink’s duiker with an average maximal age of 17.5 years