It is hard to guess what a Broad-striped dasyure weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Broad-striped dasyure (Murexia rothschildi) on average weights 54 grams (0.12 lbs).
The Broad-striped dasyure is from the family Dasyuridae (genus: Murexia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.9 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Broad-striped dasyures have 3 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 broad-striped dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is the only species in the genus Paramurexia.
Animals of the same family as a Broad-striped dasyure
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Brush-tailed phascogale with a weight of 193 grams
- White-tailed dunnart with a weight of 25 grams
- Bronze quoll with a weight of 896 grams
- Long-tailed dunnart with a weight of 18 grams
- Yellow-footed antechinus with a weight of 44 grams
- Western quoll bringing 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed planigale with a weight of 6 grams
- Wongai ningaui with a weight of 9 grams
- Chestnut dunnart with a weight of 16 grams
- Long-nosed dasyure with a weight of 54 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Broad-striped dasyure
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Murexia rothschildi:
- Nephelomys albigularis bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Large vesper mouse bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Colorado chipmunk bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Northern water rat bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Shortridge’s multimammate mouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Single-striped grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Northern grass mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Feather-tailed possum bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Miller’s striped mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Transandinomys bolivaris bringing 60 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Broad-striped dasyure
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Broad-striped dasyure:
- Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Eastern chipmunk with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Elegant water shrew with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Maritime striped squirrel with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hainan gymnure with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-nosed potoroo with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Panamint chipmunk with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Big-eared hopping mouse with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gould’s mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Broad-striped dasyure
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Broad-striped dasyure: