It is hard to guess what a Painted ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Painted ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus forbesi) on average weights 642 grams (1.42 lbs).
The Painted ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudocheirus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 26.5 cm (0′ 11″). Usually, Painted ringtail possums have 1 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 painted ringtail possum or moss-forest ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus forbesi) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Painted ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Greater glider bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 456 grams
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 grams
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a weight of 796 grams
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 639 grams
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
- Reclusive ringtail possum bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Green ringtail possum bringing 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs) to the scale
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Painted ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudocheirus forbesi:
- Moustached tamarin bringing 557 grams to the scale
- California ground squirrel bringing 598 grams to the scale
- Central Texas pocket gopher bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Superagüi lion tamarin bringing 605 grams to the scale
- Brush rabbit bringing 716 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed ground squirrel bringing 743 grams to the scale
- Ashy-headed flying fox bringing 524 grams to the scale
- Brazilian guinea pig bringing 524 grams to the scale
- Guinea pig bringing 728 grams to the scale
- Painted tree-rat bringing 518 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Painted ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Painted ringtail possum:
- Carruther’s mountain squirrel with a size of 22.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Golden-rumped elephant shrew with a size of 27.3 cm (0′ 11″)
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Narrow-striped mongoose with a size of 31.2 cm (1′ 1″)
- Great flying fox with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Podogymnura truei with a size of 31.3 cm (1′ 1″)
- White-footed rabbit-rat with a size of 25 cm (0′ 10″)
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Eastern woolly lemur with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Variegated squirrel with a size of 26.3 cm (0′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Painted ringtail possum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Painted ringtail possum: