It is hard to guess what a Grey-bellied dunnart weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Grey-bellied dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer) on average weights 17 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Grey-bellied dunnart is from the family Dasyuridae (genus: Sminthopsis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.5 cm (0′ 4″).
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 grey-bellied dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer), alternately spelled gray-bellied dunnart, was described by the same people Kitchener, Stoddart and Henry along with the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Gilbert’s dunnart and little long-tailed dunnart in 1984. They also described the Mallee ningaui in 1983.The average body length of a specimen can vary between 130–192 mm with a tail of 65–98 mm and body to anus of 65–95 mm. The olive grey ears have a length of between 17–18 mm. The hind feet have an average length of between 16–17 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25 grams.
Animals of the same family as a Grey-bellied dunnart
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- New Guinean quoll with a weight of 611 grams
- Black-tailed dasyure with a weight of 38 grams
- New Guinean planigale with a weight of 14 grams
- Kangaroo Island dunnart with a weight of 22 grams
- Julia Creek dunnart with a weight of 55 grams
- Lesser hairy-footed dunnart with a weight of 11 grams
- Fawn antechinus with a weight of 38 grams
- White-footed dunnart with a weight of 24 grams
- Kowari with a weight of 109 grams
- Long-tailed planigale with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Grey-bellied dunnart
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sminthopsis griseoventer:
- Krebs’s fat mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Pygmy fruit bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Ryukyu mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Marsh shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Northern red-backed vole bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Big brown bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Telefomin roundleaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Big free-tailed bat bringing 18 grams to the scale