How big does a Bare-tailed woolly opossum get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) reaches an average size of 22.4 cm (0′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 6.33 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 246 grams (0.54 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Bare-tailed woolly opossums have 4 babies about 2 times per year. The Bare-tailed woolly opossum (genus: Caluromys) 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 bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) is an opossum from South America. It was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The bare-tailed woolly opossum is characterized by a gray head, brown to gray coat, orange to gray underside and a partially naked tail. It is nocturnal (active mainly at night) and solitary; there is hardly any social interaction except between mother and juveniles and in mating pairs. The opossum constructs nests in tree cavities, and its litter size ranges from one to seven. Gestation lasts 25 days, and the juveniles exit the pouch after three months; weaning occurs a month later. The bare-tailed woolly opossum inhabits subtropical forests, rainforests, secondary forests, and plantations; its range extends from northern Venezuela to northeastern and southcentral Brazil. The IUCN classifies this opossum as least concern.
Animals of the same family as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Mexican mouse opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chacoan pygmy opossum with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chestnut-striped opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- White-eared opossum with a size of 36 cm (1′ 3″)
- Pinheiro’s slender opossum with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rufous mouse opossum with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Panama slender opossum with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bare-tailed woolly opossum:
- Red-legged sun squirrel with a size of 23.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Bushy-tailed woodrat with a size of 20.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Black-shouldered opossum with a size of 23.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Fijian monkey-faced bat with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Basilan flying squirrel with a size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Franklin’s ground squirrel with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Sikkim rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Grey-bellied squirrel with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Solomons flying fox with a size of 25.6 cm (0′ 11″)
- Collared pika with a size of 18.8 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum:
- North African gerbil
- Field vole
- Wolf
- Tarbagan marmot
- Long-tailed dunnart
- Red squirrel
- White-nosed coati
- Japanese grass vole
- American red squirrel
- Hazel dormouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum:
- Mountain degu with an average maximal age of 7.33 years
- Woodland dormouse with an average maximal age of 5.75 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Moonrat with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Numbat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Dark kangaroo mouse with an average maximal age of 5.42 years
- Eastern mole with an average maximal age of 6.17 years
- Slender mongoose with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Tailless tenrec with an average maximal age of 6.25 years
- Eastern barred bandicoot with an average maximal age of 5.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Bare-tailed woolly opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Caluromys philander:
- Common dwarf mongoose bringing 283 grams to the scale
- Golden Atlantic tree-rat bringing 243 grams to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy bringing 261 grams to the scale
- Banks flying fox bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Cameroon scaly-tail bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Greedy olalla rat bringing 206 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s rope squirrel bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Lundomys bringing 238 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Napo spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale