It is hard to guess what a Greater bilby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) on average weights 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs).
The Greater bilby is from the family Peramelidae (genus: Macrotis). They can live for up to 10 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.5 cm (1′ 3″). On average, Greater bilbys can have babies 4 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis), often referred to simply as the bilby since the lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura) became extinct in the 1950s, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the order Peramelemorphia. Other vernacular names include dalgyte, pinkie, or rabbit-eared bandicoot. Greater bilbies live in arid parts of northwestern and central Australia. Their range and population is in decline.
Animals of the same family as a Greater bilby
We found other animals of the Peramelidae family:
- Desert bandicoot with a weight of 499 grams
- Southern brown bandicoot with a weight of 825 grams
- Eastern barred bandicoot with a weight of 903 grams
- Long-nosed bandicoot with a weight of 720 grams
- Golden bandicoot with a weight of 425 grams
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot with a weight of 220 grams
- Lesser bilby with a weight of 364 grams
- Northern brown bandicoot bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Western barred bandicoot with a weight of 230 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater bilby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macrotis lagotis:
- Sunda flying lemur with a weight of 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs)
- Tapeti bringing 988 grams to the scale
- Emperor rat with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Common kusimanse with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Northern bettong with a weight of 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs)
- Bahia porcupine bringing 999 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed potoroo with a weight of 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs)
- Grizzled giant squirrel with a weight of 1.33 kilos (2.93 lbs)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Short-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Greater bilby
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater bilby:
- Lord Derby’s scaly-tailed squirrel with a size of 35.7 cm (1′ 3″)
- Tufted capuchin with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Central African oyan with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Lutrine opossum with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Telefomin cuscus with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Hooded skunk with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Sumatran striped rabbit with a size of 37.7 cm (1′ 3″)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater bilby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Greater bilby:
- Tres Marías Island mouse
- Reindeer
- Greenish yellow bat
- Shaw Mayer’s brush mouse
- Afghan vole
- White-footed vole
- Black-headed marmoset
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat
- Common rock rat
- Low’s squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater bilby
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater bilby:
- Red acouchi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Groundhog with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Pichi with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Water deer with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Speke’s pectinator with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Desmarest’s hutia with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- Long-tailed porcupine with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Siberian weasel with an average maximal age of 8.83 years