It is hard to guess what a Dingiso weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso) on average weights 9.4 kg (20.71 lbs).
The Dingiso is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dendrolagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 67.4 cm (2′ 3″).
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 dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso), also known as bondegezou, is a species of tree-kangaroo endemic to Papua Province central on New Guinea island, in northeastern Indonesia.The species epithet, mbaiso, means “the forbidden animal” in Moni.
Animals of the same family as a Dingiso
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby bringing 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs) to the scale
- Agile wallaby bringing 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs) to the scale
- Rufous hare-wallaby bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo bringing 8.31 kilos (18.32 lbs) to the scale
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo bringing 7.98 kilos (17.59 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby bringing 8.5 kilos (18.74 lbs) to the scale
- Black-striped wallaby bringing 11.23 kilos (24.76 lbs) to the scale
- Small dorcopsis bringing 1.89 kilos (4.17 lbs) to the scale
- Nabarlek bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Dingiso
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus mbaiso:
- Fishing cat with a weight of 8.83 kilos (19.47 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.09 kilos (20.04 lbs)
- Red-faced spider monkey with a weight of 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs)
- Indian pangolin with a weight of 8.02 kilos (17.68 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.12 kilos (20.11 lbs)
- Asian golden cat with a weight of 7.73 kilos (17.04 lbs)
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Short-eared dog with a weight of 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs)
- Patagonian mara with a weight of 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs)
- Western red colobus with a weight of 8.43 kilos (18.58 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Dingiso
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dingiso:
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Sharpe’s grysbok with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Black howler with a size of 55.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- Masked palm civet with a size of 63.4 cm (2′ 1″)
- Bristle-spined rat with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- African golden cat with a size of 79.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Drill (animal) with a size of 70 cm (2′ 4″)
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 60.4 cm (2′ 0″)