It is hard to guess what a Quokka weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) on average weights 3.03 kg (6.68 lbs).
The Quokka is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Setonix). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.5 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Quokkas can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 quokka () (Setonix brachyurus), the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal.Quokkas are found on some smaller islands off the coast of Western Australia, particularly Rottnest Island, just off Perth, and also Bald Island near Albany, and in isolated, scattered populations in forest and coastal heath between Perth and Albany. A small colony exists at the eastern limit of their range in a protected area of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, where they co-exist with the critically endangered Gilbert’s potoroo.
Animals of the same family as a Quokka
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Macleay’s dorcopsis bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Brown’s pademelon bringing 5.48 kilos (12.08 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby bringing 8.5 kilos (18.74 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
- White-striped dorcopsis bringing 5.5 kilos (12.13 lbs) to the scale
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby bringing 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs) to the scale
- Tammar wallaby bringing 5.28 kilos (11.64 lbs) to the scale
- Tenkile bringing 9.98 kilos (22 lbs) to the scale
- Small dorcopsis bringing 1.89 kilos (4.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Quokka
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Setonix brachyurus:
- Kalinowski’s agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
- Kodkod with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- White-nosed saki with a weight of 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a weight of 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax with a weight of 3.18 kilos (7.01 lbs)
- Small Indian civet with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Giant forest genet with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Quokka
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Quokka:
- Highland brush mouse
- Sambar deer
- Western tree hyrax
- Tapeti
- White-faced saki
- Jaguar
- Daubenton’s bat
- Puna mouse
- Water buffalo
- Van Gelder’s bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Quokka
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Quokka:
- Boodie with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Whiptail wallaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Saiga antelope with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Pygmy hog with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Water deer with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Ring-tailed vontsira with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Seba’s short-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 12.33 years
- Long-footed treeshrew with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Northern treeshrew with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Red-fronted gazelle with an average maximal age of 13.5 years