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Julia Creek dunnart size: How big do they get?

How big does a Julia Creek dunnart get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) reaches an average size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 55 grams (0.12 lbs). A Julia Creek dunnart has 6 babies at once. The Julia Creek dunnart (genus: Sminthopsis) is a member of the family Dasyuridae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

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The Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) is a marsupial with a buffy brown upperside and white underside. This dunnart has a body length of 100–135 mm with a tail of 60–105 mm to make a total length of 160–240 mm. Its weight is between 40 and 70 g. The length of the hind foot is 22–24 mm. The species has a dark brown triangle colour from above and below the eye with the point at the nose, and another dark stripe on top of the skull. A healthy dunnart has a carrot-shaped tail filled with fat stores.

Animals of the same family as a Julia Creek dunnart

We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Julia Creek dunnart

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Julia Creek dunnart:

Animals with the same litter size as a Julia Creek dunnart

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Julia Creek dunnart:

Animals with the same weight as a Julia Creek dunnart

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sminthopsis douglasi: