How big does a Short-furred dasyure get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata) reaches an average size of 18 cm (0′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 161 grams (0.35 lbs). The Short-furred dasyure (genus: Murexia) 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.
The short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata), also known as the short-haired marsupial mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It is the only species in the genus Murexia. It lives in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Short-furred dasyure
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Grey-bellied dunnart with a weight of 17 grams
- White-tailed dunnart with a weight of 25 grams
- Habbema dasyure with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bronze quoll with a size of 35.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Fat-tailed false antechinus with 5 babies per litter
- Cinnamon antechinus with 8 babies per litter
- Little long-tailed dunnart with 7 babies per litter
- Carpentarian dunnart with a weight of 25 grams
- Slender-tailed dunnart with 8 babies per litter
- Kangaroo Island dunnart with a weight of 22 grams
Animals with the same size as a Short-furred dasyure
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Short-furred dasyure:
- Biak glider with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Val’s gundi with a size of 17.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- San Joaquin antelope squirrel with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Black-striped squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Jentink’s squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- New Guinea waterside rat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Allen’s chipmunk with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Northern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Kintampo rope squirrel with a size of 18.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- White-throated woodrat with a size of 17.6 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same weight as a Short-furred dasyure
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Murexia longicaudata:
- Sanborn’s squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Pale field rat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Gambian epauletted fruit bat bringing 131 grams to the scale
- Zanzibar bushbaby bringing 147 grams to the scale
- Indian hedgehog bringing 171 grams to the scale
- Kintampo rope squirrel bringing 186 grams to the scale
- Small sun squirrel bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Hairless bat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 152 grams to the scale
- Western nesomys bringing 155 grams to the scale