How big does a Ursine tree-kangaroo get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Ursine tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus) reaches an average size of 62.4 cm (2′ 1″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 20.17 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 13.28 kg (29.27 lbs). A Ursine tree-kangaroo has 1 babies at once. The Ursine tree-kangaroo (genus: Dendrolagus) is a member of the family Macropodidae.
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 ursine tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to the Vogelkop and possibly the Fakfak Peninsulas, West Papua, Indonesia. Other common names for this species include the black tree-kangaroo, the Vogelkop tree-kangaroo and the white-throated tree-kangaroo. It is threatened by habitat destruction and is listed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Animals of the same family as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Western grey kangaroo with 1 babies per litter
- Black wallaroo with 1 babies per litter
- Rufous hare-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- White-striped dorcopsis with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Nabarlek with 1 babies per litter
- Parma wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with 1 babies per litter
- Agile wallaby with a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″)
- Common wallaroo with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ursine tree-kangaroo:
- Malayan civet with a size of 65.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Malayan porcupine with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Greater mouse-deer with a size of 56.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Jungle cat with a size of 70.6 cm (2′ 4″)
- Western long-beaked echidna with a size of 67.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Black crested mangabey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Assam macaque with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Agile wallaby with a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″)
- Agile gibbon with a size of 54.4 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ursine tree-kangaroo:
- Brown dorcopsis
- Goitered gazelle
- Peters’s trumpet-eared bat
- African pygmy squirrel
- Microcebus coquereli
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby
- Guatemalan black howler
- Mauritian tomb bat
- Southern muriqui
- Red-tailed monkey
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Ursine tree-kangaroo:
- Koala with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Silvery marmoset with an average maximal age of 16.75 years
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Risso’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Gray-bellied night monkey with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Northern greater galago with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Striped hyena with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 21.17 years
- Kob with an average maximal age of 21.92 years
- Mountain goat with an average maximal age of 19.17 years
Animals with the same weight as a Ursine tree-kangaroo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrolagus ursinus:
- Malabar large-spotted civet with a weight of 12.08 kilos (26.63 lbs)
- Siamang with a weight of 10.84 kilos (23.9 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 12.27 kilos (27.05 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 12.3 kilos (27.12 lbs)
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs)
- Hamadryas baboon with a weight of 14.97 kilos (33 lbs)
- Agile wallaby with a weight of 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs)
- Dhole with a weight of 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs)
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with a weight of 12.61 kilos (27.8 lbs)
- Siamang with a weight of 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs)