It is hard to guess what a Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) on average weights 6.65 kg (14.66 lbs).
The Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dendrolagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 71.7 cm (2′ 5″). Usually, Lumholtz’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.
Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) is a heavy-bodied tree-kangaroo found in rain forests of the Atherton Tableland Region of Queensland. Its status is classified as near threatened by the IUCN, and authorities consider it as rare. It is named after the Norwegian explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz (1851–1922), who discovered the first specimen in 1883.
Animals of the same family as a Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Common wallaroo bringing 25.99 kilos (57.3 lbs) to the scale
- White-striped dorcopsis bringing 5.5 kilos (12.13 lbs) to the scale
- Godman’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs) to the scale
- Tasmanian pademelon bringing 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs) to the scale
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo bringing 7.98 kilos (17.59 lbs) to the scale
- Northern nail-tail wallaby bringing 6.5 kilos (14.33 lbs) to the scale
- Gray dorcopsis bringing 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern grey kangaroo bringing 33.51 kilos (73.88 lbs) to the scale
- Monjon bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Agile wallaby bringing 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus lumholtzi:
- Milne-Edwards’s sifaka with a weight of 6.57 kilos (14.48 lbs)
- Bolivian red howler with a weight of 6.61 kilos (14.57 lbs)
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 7.98 kilos (17.59 lbs)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a weight of 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs)
- Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth with a weight of 5.7 kilos (12.57 lbs)
- Kloss’s gibbon with a weight of 5.84 kilos (12.87 lbs)
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Olympic marmot with a weight of 6.3 kilos (13.89 lbs)
- Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
- Brown dorcopsis with a weight of 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo: