It is hard to guess what a Grayish mouse opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Grayish mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin canescens) on average weights 47 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Grayish mouse opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Tlacuatzin). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 55 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Grayish mouse opossums have 8 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 grayish mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin canescens) is a species of opossum endemic to Mexico. It is the sole species in the genus Tlacuatzin.
Animals of the same family as a Grayish mouse opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 34 grams
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a weight of 328 grams
- Tate’s woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Sepia short-tailed opossum with a weight of 36 grams
- Chestnut-striped opossum with a weight of 45 grams
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 34 grams
- Southern three-striped opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Northern gracile opossum with a weight of 23 grams
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 119 grams
- Guajira mouse opossum with a weight of 46 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Grayish mouse opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tlacuatzin canescens:
- Red-nosed mouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Mexican mouse opossum bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Capricorn leaf-eared mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Greater noctule bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Oecomys concolor bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Western mastiff bat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Tschudi’s slender opossum bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Bushy-tailed jird bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Andean big-eared mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Grayish mouse opossum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (8) as a Grayish mouse opossum: