It is hard to guess what a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) on average weights 7.98 kg (17.59 lbs).
The Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dendrolagus). They can live for up to 21 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60.4 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroos 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.
Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) also called the ornate tree-kangaroo, belongs to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies and their relatives, and the genus Dendrolagus, with eleven other species. The species is native to the rainforests of New Guinea, and the border of central Irian Jaya in Indonesia. Under the IUCN classification, the species is listed as Endangered, which is a result of overhunting and human encroachment on their habitat. It is named after British zoological collector Walter Goodfellow.
Animals of the same family as a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Antilopine kangaroo bringing 27.28 kilos (60.14 lbs) to the scale
- Gray dorcopsis bringing 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs) to the scale
- Dusky pademelon bringing 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs) to the scale
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo bringing 6.65 kilos (14.66 lbs) to the scale
- Tenkile bringing 9.98 kilos (22 lbs) to the scale
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo bringing 8.98 kilos (19.8 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs) to the scale
- Nabarlek bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Crescent nail-tail wallaby bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Dingiso bringing 9.4 kilos (20.72 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus goodfellowi:
- Neotropical otter with a weight of 6.55 kilos (14.44 lbs)
- Northern nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 6.5 kilos (14.33 lbs)
- Black crested gibbon with a weight of 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs)
- Lowland paca with a weight of 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs)
- Hog badger with a weight of 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs)
- Jungle cat with a weight of 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs)
- Sharpe’s grysbok with a weight of 9.37 kilos (20.66 lbs)
- Celebes crested macaque with a weight of 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs)
- Western red colobus with a weight of 8.43 kilos (18.58 lbs)
- Black-crested Sumatran langur with a weight of 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo:
- Humpback whale
- Northern plains gray langur
- Lesser false vampire bat
- Black-eared flying fox
- Potto
- Pygmy treeshrew
- Lesser tree mouse
- Coppery titi
- Jentink’s duiker
- Sloggett’s vlei rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo:
- White-nosed saki with an average maximal age of 17 years
- White-nosed coati with an average maximal age of 17.67 years
- Lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Northern olingo with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Fossa (animal) with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Golden lion tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Bechstein’s bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- Greater mouse-eared bat with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with an average maximal age of 23 years