It is hard to guess what a Tasmanian pademelon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) on average weights 5.85 kg (12.9 lbs).
The Tasmanian pademelon is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Thylogale). They can live for up to 10 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.3 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Tasmanian pademelons 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 Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also known as the rufous-bellied pademelon or red-bellied pademelon, is the sole species of pademelon found in Tasmania, and was formerly found throughout south-eastern Australia. This pademelon has developed heavier and bushier fur than its northern relatives, who inhabit northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.Males reach around 7 kg (15.4 lbs) in weight, 1–1.2 metres in length including the tail, and are considerably larger than the females, which average 4 kg (8.8 lbs).
Animals of the same family as a Tasmanian pademelon
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Antilopine kangaroo bringing 27.28 kilos (60.14 lbs) to the scale
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo bringing 10.48 kilos (23.1 lbs) to the scale
- Allied rock-wallaby bringing 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs) to the scale
- Agile wallaby bringing 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs) to the scale
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby bringing 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern hare-wallaby bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Gray dorcopsis bringing 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs) to the scale
- Whiptail wallaby bringing 12.67 kilos (27.93 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs) to the scale
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby bringing 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tasmanian pademelon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Thylogale billardierii:
- Javan surili with a weight of 6.57 kilos (14.48 lbs)
- Six-banded armadillo with a weight of 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs)
- Rhesus macaque with a weight of 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs)
- Bonnet macaque with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Sooty mangabey with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
- Brown dorcopsis with a weight of 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs)
- Black-spotted cuscus with a weight of 6 kilos (13.23 lbs)
- Tibetan sand fox with a weight of 5.54 kilos (12.21 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tasmanian pademelon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tasmanian pademelon:
- Grey seal
- Admiralty flying fox
- Mantled howler
- Leschenault’s rousette
- Green ringtail possum
- Broom hare
- Aders’s duiker
- Zanzibar red colobus
- Chinese pangolin
- Red-eared guenon
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Tasmanian pademelon
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Tasmanian pademelon:
- European hare with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Squirrel glider with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Red-necked pademelon with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Mountain beaver with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Taruca with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
- Myotis vivesi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Water deer with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Crab-eating fox with an average maximal age of 11.5 years
- Black giant squirrel with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Northern tamandua with an average maximal age of 9.5 years