How many baby D’Albertis’ ringtail possums are in a litter?
A D’Albertis’ ringtail possum (Pseudochirops albertisii) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 168 grams (0.37 lbs) and measure 3.3 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Pseudocheiridae family (genus: Pseudochirops). An adult D’Albertis’ ringtail possum grows up to a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
D’Albertis’ ringtail possum (Pseudochirops albertisii) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Other animals of the family Pseudocheiridae
D’Albertis’ ringtail possum is a member of the Pseudocheiridae, as are these animals:
- Coppery ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Lowland ringtail possum with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Greater glider with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Herbert River ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli weighting only 256 grams
- Cinereus ringtail possum with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Weyland ringtail possum weighting only 456 grams
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Vogelkop ringtail possum weighting only 255 grams
Animals that share a litter size with D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat
- Montane guinea pig
- Red-tailed squirrel
- Hamlyn’s monkey
- Indiana bat
- North Atlantic right whale
- Swamp wallaby
- Southern viscacha
- Western red colobus
- Iberian ibex
Animals with the same weight as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
What other animals weight around 796 grams (1.75 lbs)?
- Javan mongoose weighting 758 grams
- Amazon bamboo rat weighting 650 grams
- Spectacled flying fox weighting 759 grams
- Banded linsang weighting 684 grams
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey weighting 888 grams
- Bahamian hutia weighting 912 grams
- Moluccan flying fox weighting 728 grams
- Chiriqui pocket gopher weighting 650 grams
- Painted ringtail possum weighting 639 grams
- Northern Amazon red squirrel weighting 700 grams
Animals with the same size as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
Also reaching around 32.5 cm (1′ 1″) in size do these animals:
- Coppery titi gets as big as 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum gets as big as 33.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- Black-footed tree-rat gets as big as 30.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Hooded skunk gets as big as 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Brown greater galago gets as big as 30.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose gets as big as 31.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Forest giant squirrel gets as big as 29.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Striped bandicoot gets as big as 26.7 cm (0′ 11″)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin gets as big as 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Northern brown bandicoot gets as big as 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)