How big does a Western quoll get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) reaches an average size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.12 kg (2.48 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Western quolls have 5 babies about 1 times per year. The Western quoll (genus: Dasyurus) 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 western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) is Western Australia’s largest endemic mammalian carnivore. One of the many marsupial mammals native to Australia, it is also known as the chuditch. The species is currently classed as near-threatened.
Animals of the same family as a Western quoll
We found other animals of the Dasyuridae family:
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Cinnamon antechinus with 8 babies per litter
- Stripe-faced dunnart with 7 babies per litter
- Dusky antechinus with 8 babies per litter
- Wongai ningaui with 5 babies per litter
- Kowari with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Ningbing false antechinus with 4 babies per litter
- Crest-tailed mulgara with a size of 17.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Short-furred dasyure with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Broad-striped dasyure with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same size as a Western quoll
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Western quoll:
- Northern viscacha with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Forest giant squirrel with a size of 29.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Desert cottontail with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Gambian pouched rat with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Golden bamboo lemur with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Bengal mongoose with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Western quoll
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Western quoll:
- Four-striped grass mouse
- Mexican ground squirrel
- Tiger quoll
- Persian jird
- Siberian large-toothed shrew
- Mongolian hamster
- Townsend’s vole
- Western jumping mouse
- American water shrew
- Olive grass mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Western quoll
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Western quoll:
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat with an average maximal age of 5.17 years
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Forest giant squirrel with an average maximal age of 5.08 years
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 4.67 years
- House mouse with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Coruro with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Val’s gundi with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Little free-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Mexican funnel-eared bat with an average maximal age of 4.75 years
- Brown four-eyed opossum with an average maximal age of 4 years
Animals with the same weight as a Western quoll
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dasyurus geoffroii:
- Indian giant squirrel with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Green ringtail possum with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Blanford’s fox bringing 994 grams to the scale
- White-tailed prairie dog bringing 964 grams to the scale
- Eastern woolly lemur with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Fennec fox with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Chestnut-bellied titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Coppery titi with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Chinese ferret-badger bringing 939 grams to the scale
- Eastern quoll with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)