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How much does a Chestnut dunnart weight?

It is hard to guess what a Chestnut dunnart weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).

The Chestnut dunnart is from the family Dasyuridae (genus: Sminthopsis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.2 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Chestnut dunnarts have 8 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 Chestnut dunnart is 16 grams (0.04 lbs)

The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts of its body. The length from snout to tail is 167–210 mm, of which head to anus is 85–105 mm and tail is 82–105 mm long. The hind foot size is 17–20 mm, ear length is 17–21 mm and weight is 15–20 g.

Animals of the same family as a Chestnut dunnart

We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Chestnut dunnart

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sminthopsis archeri:

Animals with the same size as a Chestnut dunnart

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chestnut dunnart:

Animals with the same litter size as a Chestnut dunnart

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (8) as a Chestnut dunnart: