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How old does a Banded hare-wallaby get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Banded hare-wallaby reaches?

An adult Banded hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) usually gets as old as 4 years.

When born, they weight 196 grams (0.43 lbs) and measure 8.5 cm (0′ 4″). As a member of the Macropodidae family (genus: Lagostrophus), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 52.4 cm (1′ 9″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

A Banded hare-wallaby gets as old as 4 years

The banded hare-wallaby, mernine, or munning (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a marsupial currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. A small population has recently been established on Faure Island, and it appears to have been successful. It has also been reintroduced to Wadderin Sanctuary, near Narembeen in the central wheatbelt, in 2013.

Animals of the same family as a Banded hare-wallaby

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Macropodidae):

Animals that reach the same age as Banded hare-wallaby

With an average age of 4 years, Banded hare-wallaby are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Banded hare-wallaby

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Banded hare-wallaby

A fully grown Banded hare-wallaby reaches around 1.94 kg (4.28 lbs). So do these animals: