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How much does a Little long-tailed dunnart weight?

It is hard to guess what a Little long-tailed dunnart weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).

The Little long-tailed dunnart is from the family Dasyuridae (genus: Sminthopsis). They can live for up to 3.17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.2 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Little long-tailed dunnarts have 7 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 average adult weight of a Little long-tailed dunnart is 14 grams (0.03 lbs)

The Little long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) is a dunnart that was, along with Gilbert’s dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail is 150–200 mm of which head to anus is 65–50 mm and tail 85–105 mm long. Hind foot size is 16–17 mm, ear length of 17–19 mm and with a weight of 10-20 g.

Animals of the same family as a Little long-tailed dunnart

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Animals with the same weight as a Little long-tailed dunnart

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sminthopsis dolichura:

Animals with the same litter size as a Little long-tailed dunnart

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (7) as a Little long-tailed dunnart:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Little long-tailed dunnart

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Little long-tailed dunnart: