It is hard to guess what a Ursine tree-kangaroo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ursine tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus) on average weights 13.28 kg (29.27 lbs).
The Ursine tree-kangaroo is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Dendrolagus). They can live for up to 20.17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 62.4 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Ursine tree-kangaroos 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 ursine tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to the Vogelkop and possibly the Fakfak Peninsulas, West Papua, Indonesia. Other common names for this species include the black tree-kangaroo, the Vogelkop tree-kangaroo and the white-throated tree-kangaroo. It is threatened by habitat destruction and is listed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Animals of the same family as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Godman’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs) to the scale
- Banded hare-wallaby bringing 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs) to the scale
- Macleay’s dorcopsis bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Brown dorcopsis bringing 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs) to the scale
- Quokka bringing 3.03 kilos (6.68 lbs) to the scale
- Tasmanian pademelon bringing 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs) to the scale
- Tammar wallaby bringing 5.28 kilos (11.64 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby bringing 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs) to the scale
- Rufous hare-wallaby bringing 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs) to the scale
- Common wallaroo bringing 25.99 kilos (57.3 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus ursinus:
- African civet with a weight of 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs)
- Marine otter with a weight of 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs)
- African golden cat with a weight of 11.29 kilos (24.89 lbs)
- Black musk deer with a weight of 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs)
- Swamp wallaby with a weight of 15 kilos (33.07 lbs)
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with a weight of 12.61 kilos (27.8 lbs)
- Dhole with a weight of 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs)
- Northern plains gray langur with a weight of 12.64 kilos (27.87 lbs)
- Binturong with a weight of 13 kilos (28.66 lbs)
- Iberian lynx with a weight of 11.08 kilos (24.43 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ursine tree-kangaroo:
- Pennant’s colobus with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black howler with a size of 55.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Brown dorcopsis with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Black-backed jackal with a size of 70.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Drill (animal) with a size of 70 cm (2′ 4″)
- Raffles’ banded langur with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Tana River red colobus with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Pallas’s cat with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ursine tree-kangaroo:
- Bare-backed rousette
- Bechstein’s bat
- Thorold’s deer
- Beira (antelope)
- Lesser sheath-tailed bat
- Egyptian slit-faced bat
- Northern viscacha
- Common wallaroo
- Lemur-like ringtail possum
- Angolan talapoin
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Ursine tree-kangaroo:
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with an average maximal age of 19.75 years
- Eld’s deer with an average maximal age of 19.33 years
- Muskox with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Patas monkey with an average maximal age of 23.83 years
- European badger with an average maximal age of 16.17 years
- Siberian ibex with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 21.17 years
- Indian muntjac with an average maximal age of 17.58 years
- African palm civet with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Mohol bushbaby with an average maximal age of 16.5 years