It is hard to guess what a Western quoll weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) on average weights 1.12 kg (2.48 lbs).
The Western quoll is from the family Dasyuridae (genus: Dasyurus). They can live for up to 5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.9 cm (1′ 2″). On average, Western quolls can have babies 1 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 western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) is Western Australia’s largest endemic mammalian carnivore. One of the many marsupial mammals native to Australia, it is also known as the chuditch. The species is currently classed as near-threatened.
Animals of the same family as a Western quoll
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Carpentarian dunnart with a weight of 25 grams
- Slender-tailed dunnart with a weight of 17 grams
- Black-tailed dasyure with a weight of 38 grams
- Parantechinus bilarni with a weight of 23 grams
- Dusky antechinus with a weight of 62 grams
- Sandhill dunnart with a weight of 33 grams
- Red-cheeked dunnart with a weight of 35 grams
- Brown antechinus with a weight of 29 grams
- Tiger quoll bringing 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs) to the scale
- Paucident planigale with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Western quoll
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dasyurus geoffroii:
- Cacomistle bringing 906 grams to the scale
- Grizzled giant squirrel with a weight of 1.33 kilos (2.93 lbs)
- Southern three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Brown greater galago with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Muskrat bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Bristle-spined rat with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Red acouchi with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Blanford’s fox bringing 994 grams to the scale
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a weight of 1.16 kilos (2.56 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Western quoll
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Western quoll:
- American marten with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Mexican prairie dog with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Malagasy giant rat with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Fennec fox with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Monk saki with a size of 41.1 cm (1′ 5″)
- Cape gray mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
- Tapeti with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Eastern spotted skunk with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Western quoll
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Western quoll:
- Douglas squirrel
- Northern red-backed vole
- Fringe-tailed gerbil
- Large vesper mouse
- Ural field mouse
- Shaw’s jird
- Lowland streaked tenrec
- Cliff chipmunk
- Corsac fox
- Coypu
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Western quoll
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Western quoll:
- Long-tailed dunnart with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Scaly-tailed possum with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 4.67 years
- Banded hare-wallaby with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Meadow jumping mouse with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Collared pika with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Plains rat with an average maximal age of 5.58 years
- Sandhill dunnart with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Brush-tailed phascogale with an average maximal age of 5 years