It is hard to guess what a Macleay’s dorcopsis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Macleay’s dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus macleayi) on average weights 2.78 kg (6.13 lbs).
The Macleay’s dorcopsis is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dorcopsulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 39.9 cm (1′ 4″). Usually, Macleay’s dorcopsiss 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.
Macleay’s dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus macleayi), also known as the Papuan dorcopsis or the Papuan forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Being little threatened by habitat destruction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Macleay’s dorcopsis
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Black-striped wallaby bringing 11.23 kilos (24.76 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby bringing 8.5 kilos (18.74 lbs) to the scale
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo bringing 8.98 kilos (19.8 lbs) to the scale
- Allied rock-wallaby bringing 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs) to the scale
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby bringing 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs) to the scale
- Small dorcopsis bringing 1.89 kilos (4.17 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern grey kangaroo bringing 33.51 kilos (73.88 lbs) to the scale
- Banded hare-wallaby bringing 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs) to the scale
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo bringing 8.31 kilos (18.32 lbs) to the scale
- Western grey kangaroo bringing 25.58 kilos (56.39 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Macleay’s dorcopsis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dorcopsulus macleayi:
- Mountain hare with a weight of 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a weight of 3.24 kilos (7.14 lbs)
- Large bamboo rat with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain with a weight of 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs)
- Ethiopian highland hare with a weight of 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs)
- Kaapori capuchin with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Mexican cottontail with a weight of 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs)
- Owston’s palm civet with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)
- Granada hare with a weight of 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a weight of 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Macleay’s dorcopsis
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Macleay’s dorcopsis:
- Bahamian raccoon with a size of 46.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Red-eared guenon with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black-footed cat with a size of 40.1 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-throated guenon with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Aye-aye with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Lesser grison with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Guianan squirrel monkey with a size of 32.2 cm (1′ 1″)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a size of 44.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Malayan weasel with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- White-footed saki with a size of 39.4 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Macleay’s dorcopsis
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Macleay’s dorcopsis: