It is hard to guess what a Anderson’s four-eyed opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Anderson’s four-eyed opossum (Philander andersoni) on average weights 324 grams (0.71 lbs).
The Anderson’s four-eyed opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Philander). They can live for up to 0.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.7 cm (0′ 5″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Anderson’s four-eyed opossum (Philander andersoni) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Its dorsal fur is dark, with a black stripe, about 3–4 cm wide, going vertically down the midline of its back. Its dorsal fur is short, about 10 mm long. Its ventral fur is dark gray, but still distinctly lighter than the sides and dorsum. Its tail is furred for the first (approximately) 18% of its length, going from the base to the tip.Its species name “andersoni” was chosen to honor American scientific collector Malcolm Playfair Anderson.
Animals of the same family as a Anderson’s four-eyed opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Emilia’s gracile opossum with a weight of 7 grams
- Tate’s woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a weight of 328 grams
- Dusky slender opossum with a weight of 46 grams
- Gray four-eyed opossum with a weight of 426 grams
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Common opossum bringing 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs) to the scale
- White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 15 grams
- Heavy-browed mouse opossum with a weight of 47 grams
- Brown-eared woolly opossum with a weight of 351 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Anderson’s four-eyed opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Philander andersoni:
- White-winged flying fox bringing 343 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Tawny tuco-tuco bringing 280 grams to the scale
- Buffy-tufted marmoset bringing 387 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel bringing 300 grams to the scale
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 302 grams to the scale
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur bringing 326 grams to the scale
- Japen rat bringing 380 grams to the scale
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Anderson’s four-eyed opossum
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Anderson’s four-eyed opossum:
- Water vole (North America) with an average maximal age of 0.75 years
- Eligmodontia typus with an average maximal age of 0.75 years