It is hard to guess what a Ground cuscus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ground cuscus (Strigocuscus gymnotis) on average weights 2.61 kg (5.75 lbs).
The Ground cuscus is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Strigocuscus). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.4 cm (1′ 6″). Usually, Ground cuscuss 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 ground cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis) is a marsupial from the order Diprotodontia and belongs within the family Phalangeridae, a diverse family consisting of the other cuscus species and the brushtail possums (Trichosurus spp.) and the scaly-tailed possum (Wyulda squamicaudata).
Animals of the same family as a Ground cuscus
We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:
- Telefomin cuscus bringing 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs) to the scale
- Admiralty Island cuscus with 1 babies per litter
- Silky cuscus bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
- Black-spotted cuscus bringing 6 kilos (13.23 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern common cuscus bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Northern brushtail possum bringing 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs) to the scale
- Northern common cuscus bringing 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs) to the scale
- Stein’s cuscus bringing 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s cuscus bringing 1.37 kilos (3.02 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain cuscus bringing 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ground cuscus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Strigocuscus gymnotis:
- Hoary marmot with a weight of 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs)
- Ground cuscus with a weight of 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a weight of 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs)
- Rio Tapajós saki with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Burmese hare with a weight of 2.27 kilos (5 lbs)
- Tufted capuchin with a weight of 2.76 kilos (6.08 lbs)
- Ethiopian highland hare with a weight of 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs)
- Meller’s mongoose with a weight of 2.24 kilos (4.94 lbs)
- Hispid hare with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Eastern hare-wallaby with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Ground cuscus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ground cuscus:
- American mink with a size of 36.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Riverine rabbit with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Cacomistle with a size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Mountain cuscus with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Six-banded armadillo with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Brazilian porcupine with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Eastern cottontail with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black lemur with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ground cuscus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ground cuscus:
- Mindanao treeshrew
- Scully’s tube-nosed bat
- Short-eared rock-wallaby
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat
- Brown fur seal
- Long-nosed potoroo
- Brazilian brown bat
- New Zealand sea lion
- Thomas’s fruit-eating bat
- Gee’s golden langur
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Ground cuscus
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Ground cuscus:
- Beira (antelope) with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Southern tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Boodie with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Naked mole-rat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Ground cuscus with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Agile wallaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Long-tailed porcupine with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Parma wallaby with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Fishing cat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Gray brocket with an average maximal age of 12 years