It is hard to guess what a Short-eared rock-wallaby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) on average weights 4.02 kg (8.86 lbs).
The Short-eared rock-wallaby is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Petrogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.2 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Short-eared rock-wallabys 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.
The short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) is a species of rock-wallaby found in northern Australia, in the northernmost parts of Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is much larger than its two closest relatives, the eastern short-eared Petrogale wilkinsi, the nabarlek Petrogale concinna and monjon Petrogale burbidgei.
Animals of the same family as a Short-eared rock-wallaby
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
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby bringing 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs) to the scale
- Dingiso bringing 9.4 kilos (20.72 lbs) to the scale
- White-striped dorcopsis bringing 5.5 kilos (12.13 lbs) to the scale
- Brown’s pademelon bringing 5.48 kilos (12.08 lbs) to the scale
- Rufous hare-wallaby bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby bringing 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs) to the scale
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo bringing 10.48 kilos (23.1 lbs) to the scale
- Red-legged pademelon bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Short-eared rock-wallaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petrogale brachyotis:
- Pampas fox with a weight of 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs)
- Owston’s palm civet with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Brown palm civet with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Coquerel’s sifaka with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- Raccoon dog with a weight of 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs)
- Crab-eating macaque with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 3.37 kilos (7.43 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Short-eared rock-wallaby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Short-eared rock-wallaby: