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Brazilian slender opossum size: How big do they get?

How big does a Brazilian slender opossum get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) reaches an average size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 38 grams (0.08 lbs). The Brazilian slender opossum (genus: Marmosops) 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.

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The Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in moist montane forest in the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil, including the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná. Its breeding may be fully semelparous, which is unusual for a mammal.It is considered monotypic and analysis of mtDNA sequences has distinguished this species from other Marmosops. Similar to the gray slender opossum (M. Incanus), adults of this species have short fur while young have long, soft fur. Early research identified M. paulensis as a subspecies of M. incana. The name M paulensis came from a mistaken attribution of the species origin as São Paulo. Subsequent research has, however, distinguished M. paulensis based on various features like smaller upper canines, absence of palatine fenestrae and longer incisive foramina.

Animals of the same family as a Brazilian slender opossum

We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Brazilian slender opossum

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brazilian slender opossum:

Animals with the same weight as a Brazilian slender opossum

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Marmosops paulensis: