It is hard to guess what a Big-eared opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) on average weights 1.11 kg (2.44 lbs).
The Big-eared opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Didelphis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.7 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Big-eared opossums have 6 babies per litter.
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 big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) also known as a saruê is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.This species, which was considered a population of the common opossum (D. marsupialis) for some time, was originally described as D. azarae by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) for over 160 years. As such, the name azarae has been abandoned.
Animals of the same family as a Big-eared opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Karimi’s fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 107 grams
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a weight of 328 grams
- Brazilian gracile opossum with a weight of 29 grams
- Alston’s mouse opossum with a weight of 132 grams
- Junin slender opossum with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern gracile opossum with a weight of 23 grams
- Pinheiro’s slender opossum with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Linnaeus’s mouse opossum with a weight of 36 grams
- McIlhenny’s four-eyed opossum with an average maximal age of 2.25 years
Animals with the same weight as a Big-eared opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Didelphis aurita:
- Hoffmanns’s titi with a weight of 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Servaline genet with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
- Ashy black titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur bringing 936 grams to the scale
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a weight of 1.16 kilos (2.56 lbs)
- Bristle-spined rat with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Desert rat-kangaroo bringing 929 grams to the scale
- Tres Marias rabbit bringing 964 grams to the scale
- Water opossum bringing 977 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Big-eared opossum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Big-eared opossum: