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How much does a Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum weight?

It is hard to guess what a Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (Micoureus regina) on average weights 119 grams (0.26 lbs).

The Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Micoureus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20.4 cm (0′ 9″).

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.

The average adult weight of a Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum is 119 grams (0.26 lbs)

The bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa regina) or short-furred woolly mouse opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is found in tropical rainforest in the westernmost portion of the Amazon Basin and the eastern foothills of the Andes, at elevations up to 1634 m. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.

Animals of the same family as a Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum

We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Micoureus regina:

Animals with the same size as a Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum: