It is hard to guess what a Hairy-footed dunnart weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Hairy-footed 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 hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes) is a dunnart that has silver hairs on the soles of it hind feet accompanied by long hair on the side of its sole. It is an Australian marsupial similar to the Ooldea dunnart, with its upper body yellow-brown and lower body white in colour. Its total length is 147–180 mm; its average body length is 72–85 mm with a tail of 75–95 mm. Its ear length is 15 mm. This dasyurid weighs between 13 and 19 grams. Its tail is thin and pinkish white, can be thickened at the base.
Animals of the same family as a Hairy-footed dunnart
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Parantechinus bilarni with a weight of 23 grams
- Grey-bellied dunnart with a weight of 17 grams
- Long-tailed dunnart with a weight of 18 grams
- Fat-tailed false antechinus with a weight of 36 grams
- Atherton antechinus with a weight of 76 grams
- Sandhill dunnart with a weight of 33 grams
- Kowari with a weight of 109 grams
- Long-nosed dasyure with a weight of 52 grams
- Tiger quoll bringing 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs) to the scale
- Long-nosed dasyure with a weight of 54 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hairy-footed dunnart
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sminthopsis hirtipes:
- Darien harvest mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Bonda mastiff bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Eastern red bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Niobe’s shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Feathertail glider bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Large-eared slit-faced bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Lesser red musk shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Luzon fruit bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale