It is hard to guess what a Dusky pademelon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii) on average weights 2.74 kg (6.04 lbs).
The Dusky pademelon is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Thylogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54.5 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Dusky pademelons 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 dusky pademelon or dusky wallaby (Thylogale brunii) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is found in the Aru and Kai islands and the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands ecoregion of Papua Province of Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky pademelon
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Monjon bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Black-striped wallaby bringing 11.23 kilos (24.76 lbs) to the scale
- Macleay’s dorcopsis bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Swamp wallaby bringing 15 kilos (33.07 lbs) to the scale
- Toolache wallaby bringing 10 kilos (22.05 lbs) to the scale
- White-striped dorcopsis bringing 5.5 kilos (12.13 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern grey kangaroo bringing 33.51 kilos (73.88 lbs) to the scale
- Crescent nail-tail wallaby bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Antilopine kangaroo bringing 27.28 kilos (60.14 lbs) to the scale
- Tenkile bringing 9.98 kilos (22 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky pademelon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Thylogale brunii:
- Bengal fox with a weight of 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs)
- Central American agouti with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Cat with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Hoary marmot with a weight of 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs)
- Wolf’s mona monkey with a weight of 3.26 kilos (7.19 lbs)
- Golden-backed uakari with a weight of 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs)
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Large bamboo rat with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Dusky pademelon
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dusky pademelon:
- Grivet with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- South American coati with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red-shanked douc with a size of 61.7 cm (2′ 1″)
- Bengal fox with a size of 52.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- South American gray fox with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a size of 62.4 cm (2′ 1″)
- Hoary fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Angolan genet with a size of 47.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Bush dog with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dusky pademelon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Dusky pademelon: