It is hard to guess what a Musky rat-kangaroo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) on average weights 535 grams (1.18 lbs).
The Musky rat-kangaroo is from the family Potoroidae (genus: Hypsiprymnodon). They can live for up to 6 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.6 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Musky rat-kangaroos have 2 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 musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is a small marsupial found only in the rainforests of northeast Australia. First described in the later nineteenth century, the only other species are known from fossil specimens. They are similar in appearance to potoroos and bettongs, but are not as closely related. Their omnivorous diet is known to include materials such as fruit and fungi, as well as small animals such as insects and other invertebrates. The local Aboriginal name for the species is durrgim yuri.
Animals of the same family as a Musky rat-kangaroo
We found other animals of the Potoroidae family:
- Rufous rat-kangaroo bringing 2.81 kilos (6.19 lbs) to the scale
- Gilbert’s potoroo bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo with a weight of 499 grams
- Northern bettong bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Long-footed potoroo bringing 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs) to the scale
- Boodie bringing 1.45 kilos (3.2 lbs) to the scale
- Long-nosed potoroo bringing 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs) to the scale
- Woylie bringing 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern bettong bringing 1.66 kilos (3.66 lbs) to the scale
- Desert rat-kangaroo with a weight of 929 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Musky rat-kangaroo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hypsiprymnodon moschatus:
- Goeldi’s marmoset bringing 558 grams to the scale
- Golden-headed lion tamarin bringing 573 grams to the scale
- Guayaquil squirrel bringing 433 grams to the scale
- Striped bandicoot bringing 542 grams to the scale
- Slender mongoose bringing 530 grams to the scale
- Rakali bringing 626 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s tamarin bringing 493 grams to the scale
- Gray-backed sportive lemur bringing 506 grams to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum bringing 456 grams to the scale
- Oaxacan pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Musky rat-kangaroo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Musky rat-kangaroo:
- Cape dune mole-rat
- Eurasian lynx
- Spotted hyena
- Bushy-tailed jird
- Banana climbing mouse
- Pouched gerbil
- Masked palm civet
- Buller’s chipmunk
- Cameroon clawless otter
- Sclater’s golden mole
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Musky rat-kangaroo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Musky rat-kangaroo:
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Bank vole with an average maximal age of 4.83 years
- Northern grasshopper mouse with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Rufous horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Hazel dormouse with an average maximal age of 6 years
- California ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 5 years
- European water vole with an average maximal age of 5 years
- White-tailed antelope squirrel with an average maximal age of 5.75 years
- Long-tailed dunnart with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Scaly-tailed possum with an average maximal age of 6 years