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Tate’s woolly mouse opossum size: How big do they get?

How big does a Tate’s woolly mouse opossum get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Tate’s woolly mouse opossum (Micoureus paraguayanus) reaches an average size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 112 grams (0.25 lbs). A Tate’s woolly mouse opossum has 5 babies at once. The Tate’s woolly mouse opossum (genus: Micoureus) is a member of the family Didelphidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Tate's woolly mouse opossum is (0' 7

Tate’s woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana) is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The species lives in both primary and secondary forest, including forest fragments within grassland. Insects are a major component of its diet. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009. While its conservation status is “least concern”, its habitat is shrinking through urbanization and conversion to agriculture over much of its range.

Animals of the same family as a Tate’s woolly mouse opossum

We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Tate’s woolly mouse opossum

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tate’s woolly mouse opossum:

Animals with the same litter size as a Tate’s woolly mouse opossum

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Tate’s woolly mouse opossum:

Animals with the same weight as a Tate’s woolly mouse opossum

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Micoureus paraguayanus: