It is hard to guess what a Western pygmy possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Western pygmy possum (Cercartetus concinnus) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Western pygmy possum is from the family Burramyidae (genus: Cercartetus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Western pygmy possums can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The western pygmy possum (Cercartetus concinnus), also known as the southwestern pygmy possum or the mundarda, is a small marsupial found in Australia. Genetic studies indicate its closest relative is probably the eastern pygmy possum, from which its ancestors diverged around eight million years ago.
Animals of the same family as a Western pygmy possum
We found other animals of the Burramyidae family:
- Mountain pygmy possum with a weight of 44 grams
- Long-tailed pygmy possum with a weight of 23 grams
- Tasmanian pygmy possum with a weight of 8 grams
- Eastern pygmy possum with a weight of 27 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Western pygmy possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cercartetus concinnus:
- Eurasian water shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Schultz’s round-eared bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Marsh shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Northern leaf-nosed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Rhinolophus hilli bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Brown flower bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Smoky white-toothed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Oldfield mouse bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Davies’s big-eared bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Western pygmy possum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Western pygmy possum: