How many baby Eastern common cuscuss are in a litter?
A Eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 8 grams (0.02 lbs) and measure 2.9 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Phalangeridae family (genus: Phalanger). An adult Eastern common cuscus grows up to a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″).
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.
The eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found in eastern Papua New Guinea. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. mimicus, and before that also with P. orientalis.The eastern common cuscus was introduced by humans into the Aru Islands and parts of northern Australia.
Other animals of the family Phalangeridae
Eastern common cuscus is a member of the Phalangeridae, as are these animals:
- Telefomin cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Ornate cuscus weighting around 1.79 kilograms (3.95 lbs)
- Stein’s cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Short-eared possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Black-spotted cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Common brushtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Scaly-tailed possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Silky cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Northern brushtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Woodlark cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Eastern common cuscus
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Geoffroy’s cat
- Platypus
- Armored rat
- Travancore flying squirrel
- Turbo shrew
- Agile kangaroo rat
- Plateau mouse
- Cape dune mole-rat
- Ruddy mongoose
- Congo rope squirrel
Animals with the same weight as a Eastern common cuscus
What other animals weight around 1.75 kg (3.85 lbs)?
- Pichi usually reaching 1.49 kgs (3.28 lbs)
- Stein’s cuscus usually reaching 1.85 kgs (4.08 lbs)
- Alexander’s kusimanse usually reaching 1.5 kgs (3.31 lbs)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine usually reaching 2 kgs (4.41 lbs)
- Tree pangolin usually reaching 1.54 kgs (3.4 lbs)
- Southern long-nosed armadillo usually reaching 1.5 kgs (3.31 lbs)
- Pel’s flying squirrel usually reaching 1.77 kgs (3.9 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur usually reaching 2.04 kgs (4.5 lbs)
- Ornate cuscus usually reaching 1.79 kgs (3.95 lbs)
- Gambian mongoose usually reaching 1.64 kgs (3.62 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Eastern common cuscus
Also reaching around 38.4 cm (1′ 4″) in size do these animals:
- Red lemur gets as big as 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Hispid hare gets as big as 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- White-throated guenon gets as big as 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Marsh rabbit gets as big as 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Philippine flying lemur gets as big as 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Chinese hare gets as big as 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Riverine rabbit gets as big as 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Marbled polecat gets as big as 31.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Olive colobus gets as big as 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Jameson’s red rock hare gets as big as 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)