It is hard to guess what a Whiptail wallaby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Whiptail wallaby (Macropus parryi) on average weights 12.67 kg (27.92 lbs).
The Whiptail wallaby is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Macropus). They can live for up to 14 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 87.7 cm (2′ 11″). Usually, Whiptail 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 whiptail wallaby (Macropus parryi), also known as the pretty-faced wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in eastern Australia. It is locally common from Cooktown in Queensland to near Grafton in New South Wales.
Animals of the same family as a Whiptail wallaby
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Red-necked wallaby bringing 16.83 kilos (37.1 lbs) to the scale
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo bringing 7.98 kilos (17.59 lbs) to the scale
- Northern nail-tail wallaby bringing 6.5 kilos (14.33 lbs) to the scale
- Agile wallaby bringing 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs) to the scale
- Allied rock-wallaby bringing 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs) to the scale
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo bringing 6.65 kilos (14.66 lbs) to the scale
- Lowlands tree-kangaroo bringing 8.47 kilos (18.67 lbs) to the scale
- Black dorcopsis bringing 6.2 kilos (13.67 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern grey kangaroo bringing 33.51 kilos (73.88 lbs) to the scale
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo bringing 10.48 kilos (23.1 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Whiptail wallaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macropus parryi:
- Southern muriqui with a weight of 10.57 kilos (23.3 lbs)
- Crested porcupine with a weight of 13.4 kilos (29.54 lbs)
- Red-flanked duiker with a weight of 12.06 kilos (26.59 lbs)
- Coyote with a weight of 12 kilos (26.46 lbs)
- Side-striped jackal with a weight of 10.4 kilos (22.93 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 13.5 kilos (29.76 lbs)
- Clouded leopard with a weight of 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs)
- Black snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 11 kilos (24.25 lbs)
- Siamang with a weight of 10.84 kilos (23.9 lbs)
- Nilgiri langur with a weight of 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Whiptail wallaby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Whiptail wallaby:
- Scaly-tailed possum
- Agile wallaby
- Tana River red colobus
- Urial
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat
- Delicate mouse
- Collared titi
- Feather-tailed possum
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin
- Greater nectar bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Whiptail wallaby
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Whiptail wallaby:
- Müeller’s gibbon with an average maximal age of 14.5 years
- Red fox with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Horsfield’s tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Southern tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- American red squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Greater bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Southern reedbuck with an average maximal age of 16.75 years
- Common noctule with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Common warthog with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Common brushtail possum with an average maximal age of 14.67 years