It is hard to guess what a Agile gracile opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Agile gracile opossum (Gracilinanus agilis) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Agile gracile opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Gracilinanus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.4 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Agile gracile opossums have 12 babies per litter.
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 agile gracile opossum (Gracilinanus agilis), is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay.It is nocturnal, arboreal and frequents the forest understory, where they use slender branches and vines. Found in evergreen and gallery forests. It is a characteristic inhabitant of the gallery forest of southern South America but has broad habitat tolerance. It has been caught under fallen trunks, in tree holes, and in moist woodland. It is reported to be an adept climber, and nests made of vegetation have been found 1.6 m off the ground. One such nest contained seven individuals. In eastern Paraguay it has usually been captured in vegetation but sometimes has been caught on the ground. This marsupial is found throughout the Brazilian cerrado, usually associated with mesic areas such as gallery forests. This mouse opossum is reported to have up to twelve young. Females lack a true pouch, and the teats remain hidden when the female is not lactating. Gracilinanus agilis has a semelparous life cycle.
Animals of the same family as a Agile gracile opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a weight of 328 grams
- Tyler’s mouse opossum with a weight of 32 grams
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 34 grams
- Anderson’s four-eyed opossum with a weight of 324 grams
- Marajó short-tailed opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Handley’s slender opossum with a weight of 30 grams
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum with a weight of 246 grams
- Southern three-striped opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Heavy-browed mouse opossum with a weight of 47 grams
- Guajira mouse opossum with a weight of 46 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Agile gracile opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Gracilinanus agilis:
- Smoky grass mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys destructor bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Schreber’s yellow bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Southern African spiny mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- White-footed mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Aceramarca gracile opossum bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Meadow jumping mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Eva’s desert mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Western false pipistrelle bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Shadowy broad-nosed bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Agile gracile opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Agile gracile opossum:
- Wood sprite gracile opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Four-striped grass mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tullberg’s soft-furred mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Taiwan field mouse with a size of 9.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Western jumping mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Townsend’s mole with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- European free-tailed bat with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Habbema dasyure with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rock vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Agile gracile opossum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (12) as a Agile gracile opossum: