How many baby Rock-haunting ringtail possums are in a litter?
A Rock-haunting ringtail possum (Petropseudes dahli) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 2 grams (0 lbs) and measure 3.3 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Pseudocheiridae family (genus: Petropseudes). An adult Rock-haunting ringtail possum grows up to a size of 100 cm (3′ 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 rock-haunting ringtail possum (Petropseudes dahli), also known as the rock ringtail possum, is a species of Australian possum. It is found in rocky escarpments in the Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Gulf of Carpentaria across Western Australia and Northern Territory and just passing the Queensland border. It is also found on Groote Eylandt. It the only species in the genus Petropseudes, but is part of the group including the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus).The rock-haunting ringtail possum has one of the shortest tails of all ringtail possums, and at its end it is hairless and scaly. It lives in small groups and is mainly herbivorous. It has a stocky build and is mostly grey in colour.The Kunwinjku of Western Arnhem Land hunted Ngingma, as they call this possum by placing sugar bag (bush honey) on a rock. Attracted to the bait the animal was then speared. Bininj Kunwok record another name for this species, Djorrkun
Other animals of the family Pseudocheiridae
Rock-haunting ringtail possum is a member of the Pseudocheiridae, as are these animals:
- Pygmy ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Reclusive ringtail possum weighting around 1.4 kilograms (3.09 lbs)
- Lowland ringtail possum with 2 babies per pregnancy
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Painted ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Cinereus ringtail possum with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Weyland ringtail possum weighting only 456 grams
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Lowland ringtail possum with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Common ringtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Rock-haunting ringtail possum
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Eastern falanouc
- Nyala
- Green bush squirrel
- Big-headed African mole-rat
- Daubenton’s bat
- Banteng
- Guatemalan black howler
- Père David’s deer
- Great flying fox
- Brazilian shrew mouse
Animals with the same weight as a Rock-haunting ringtail possum
What other animals weight around 1.88 kg (4.14 lbs)?
- Meller’s mongoose usually reaching 2.24 kgs (4.94 lbs)
- De Vis’s woolly rat usually reaching 1.66 kgs (3.66 lbs)
- Common genet usually reaching 1.77 kgs (3.9 lbs)
- Coppery ringtail possum usually reaching 1.77 kgs (3.9 lbs)
- Swift fox usually reaching 2.11 kgs (4.65 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted genet usually reaching 1.95 kgs (4.3 lbs)
- Beech marten usually reaching 1.67 kgs (3.68 lbs)
- Burmese ferret-badger usually reaching 1.85 kgs (4.08 lbs)
- Steppe polecat usually reaching 1.69 kgs (3.73 lbs)
- Small dorcopsis usually reaching 1.89 kgs (4.17 lbs)