How big does a Chacoan pygmy opossum get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Chacoan pygmy opossum (Gracilinanus formosus) reaches an average size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Chacoan pygmy opossum (genus: Gracilinanus) 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 Chacoan pygmy opossum (Chacodelphys formosa) is a recently described genus and species of didelphimorph marsupial. The only species in Chacodelphys, C. formosa, was known until 2004 from only one specimen collected in 1920 in the Chaco of Formosa Province, Argentina. The species is gaining popularity as a pocket pet.
Animals of the same family as a Chacoan pygmy opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Tate’s woolly mouse opossum with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Big-eared opossum with 6 babies per litter
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Guajira mouse opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Patagonian opossum with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- White-eared opossum with a size of 36 cm (1′ 3″)
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Neblina slender opossum with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern gracile opossum with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same size as a Chacoan pygmy opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chacoan pygmy opossum:
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Fresno kangaroo rat with a size of 9.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Agile gracile opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 7.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Northern caenolestid with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Malayan water shrew with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chinese mole shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)