How many baby Short-eared possums are in a litter?
A Short-eared possum (Trichosurus caninus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 1 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 16 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 29.62 kg (65.3 lbs) and measure 12.5 cm (0′ 5″). They are a member of the Phalangeridae family (genus: Trichosurus). An adult Short-eared possum grows up to a size of 3.5 meter (11′ 6″).
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 short-eared possum (Trichosurus caninus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae endemic to Australia. Found north of Sydney, the species was once classed as a mountain brushtail possum, which is its closest relative.In the wild, they can live up to 17 years of age, have a stable territory, and invest significant energy rearing their young.
Other animals of the family Phalangeridae
Short-eared possum is a member of the Phalangeridae, as are these animals:
- Ground cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Ground cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Black-spotted cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Rothschild’s cuscus weighting around 1.37 kilograms (3.02 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Admiralty Island cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Sulawesi bear cuscus weighting around 10 kilograms (22.05 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Scaly-tailed possum with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Mountain cuscus with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Short-eared possum
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Sumatran serow
- Herbert River ringtail possum
- Ringed seal
- Red fruit bat
- Silver-haired bat
- Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat
- Lowland paca
- Rusty pipistrelle
- Japanese serow
- Typical vlei rat
Animals that get as old as a Short-eared possum
Other animals that usually reach the age of 17 years:
- Cougar with 20 years
- European badger with 16.17 years
- Golden jackal with 16 years
- American marten with 19 years
- La Plata dolphin with 16 years
- Red giant flying squirrel with 16 years
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with 17.08 years
- Beira (antelope) with 14 years
- Nilgiri tahr with 17.25 years
- Hirola with 15.17 years
Animals with the same weight as a Short-eared possum
What other animals weight around 3.13 kg (6.9 lbs)?
- South African springhare usually reaching 2.55 kgs (5.62 lbs)
- Southern tree hyrax usually reaching 3.18 kgs (7.01 lbs)
- Red-tailed monkey usually reaching 3.54 kgs (7.8 lbs)
- Long-nosed mongoose usually reaching 3 kgs (6.61 lbs)
- Egyptian mongoose usually reaching 3 kgs (6.61 lbs)
- Black dwarf porcupine usually reaching 3 kgs (6.61 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) usually reaching 3.75 kgs (8.27 lbs)
- White-tailed jackrabbit usually reaching 3.38 kgs (7.45 lbs)
- Dusky pademelon usually reaching 2.74 kgs (6.04 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk usually reaching 2.58 kgs (5.69 lbs)