It is hard to guess what a Panama slender opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Panama slender opossum (Marmosops invictus) on average weights 29 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Panama slender opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Marmosops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.1 cm (0′ 5″).
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 Panama slender opossum (Marmosops invictus), also known as the slaty slender mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to Panama, where it has been found in tropical rainforest habitats, including disturbed areas, at elevations from 500 to 1500 m. This opossum is mostly terrestrial in its habits, and feeds on plants and insects. It is vulnerable to deforestation.
Animals of the same family as a Panama slender opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum with a weight of 246 grams
- Sepia short-tailed opossum with a weight of 36 grams
- Red mouse opossum with a weight of 63 grams
- Narrow-headed slender opossum with a weight of 26 grams
- Pinheiro’s slender opossum with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dusky slender opossum with a weight of 46 grams
- Gray four-eyed opossum with a weight of 426 grams
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 28 grams
- Gray slender opossum with a weight of 54 grams
- Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 28 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Panama slender opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Marmosops invictus:
- Oligoryzomys arenalis bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Akodon boliviensis bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Greater mouse-tailed bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Myotis vivesi bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Tyler’s mouse opossum bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Western heather vole bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Aztec mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Bolivian vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Panama slender opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Panama slender opossum:
- North African gerbil with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Himalayan shrew with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bower’s white-toothed rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Silver mountain vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray-tailed vole with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- African giant shrew with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Ord’s kangaroo rat with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.3 cm (0′ 6″)