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How much does a Menzies’ echymipera weight?

It is hard to guess what a Menzies’ echymipera weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Menzies’ echymipera (Echymipera echinista) on average weights 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs).

The Menzies’ echymipera is from the family Peroryctidae (genus: Echymipera). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.9 cm (1′ 2″).

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 Menzies' echymipera is 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs)

Menzies’ echymipera (Echymipera echinista), or Menzies’ spiny bandicoot or Fly River bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Animals of the same family as a Menzies’ echymipera

We found other animals of the Peroryctidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Menzies’ echymipera

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Echymipera echinista:

Animals with the same size as a Menzies’ echymipera

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Menzies’ echymipera: