It is hard to guess what a Narrow-nosed planigale weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Narrow-nosed planigale is from the family Dasyuridae (genus: Planigale). They can live for up to 3 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.7 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Narrow-nosed planigales can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 5.
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 narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris) is a species of very small marsupial carnivore of the family Dasyuridae.
Animals of the same family as a Narrow-nosed planigale
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Broad-striped dasyure with a weight of 54 grams
- Long-tailed planigale with a weight of 6 grams
- Fawn antechinus with a weight of 38 grams
- Kultarr with a weight of 25 grams
- Red-bellied marsupial shrew with a size of 17.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Broad-striped dasyure with a weight of 53 grams
- Wongai ningaui with a weight of 9 grams
- Northern quoll with a weight of 477 grams
- Yellow-footed antechinus with a weight of 44 grams
- Gilbert’s dunnart with a weight of 19 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Narrow-nosed planigale
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Planigale tenuirostris:
- Paratriaenops furculus bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Northern little yellow-eared bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Cape serotine bringing 5 grams to the scale
- White-winged serotine bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Beatrix’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Wagner’s mustached bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Myotis bocagei bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Mount Lyell shrew bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Yellow-lipped bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Narrow-nosed planigale
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Narrow-nosed planigale:
- Smoky shrew
- Cape mole-rat
- Mountain weasel
- Vagrant shrew
- Eastern spotted skunk
- American water shrew
- Striped field mouse
- Least weasel
- Yellow-necked mouse
- Mongolian gerbil
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Narrow-nosed planigale
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Narrow-nosed planigale:
- Parantechinus bilarni with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Gray four-eyed opossum with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Field vole with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Japanese mole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Typical striped grass mouse with an average maximal age of 2.5 years
- Northern brown bandicoot with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Northern quoll with an average maximal age of 2.83 years
- Black myotis with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Long-tailed pygmy possum with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Kultarr with an average maximal age of 3.25 years