It is hard to guess what a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult D’Albertis’ ringtail possum (Pseudochirops albertisii) on average weights 796 grams (1.75 lbs).
The D’Albertis’ ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudochirops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 32.5 cm (1′ 1″). Usually, D’Albertis’ ringtail possums have 1 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.
D’Albertis’ ringtail possum (Pseudochirops albertisii) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Animals of the same family as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 grams
- Green ringtail possum bringing 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs) to the scale
- Plush-coated ringtail possum bringing 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 152 grams
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 458 grams
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 642 grams
- Reclusive ringtail possum bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with a weight of 997 grams
- Vogelkop ringtail possum with a weight of 255 grams
Animals with the same weight as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudochirops albertisii:
- Brown-tailed mongoose bringing 711 grams to the scale
- Maned rat bringing 755 grams to the scale
- Utah prairie dog bringing 900 grams to the scale
- Mexican prairie dog bringing 900 grams to the scale
- Guianan squirrel monkey bringing 750 grams to the scale
- Western woolly lemur bringing 828 grams to the scale
- Black squirrel monkey bringing 784 grams to the scale
- Milne-Edwards’ sportive lemur bringing 822 grams to the scale
- Giant otter shrew bringing 685 grams to the scale
- Gunnison’s prairie dog bringing 798 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as D’Albertis’ ringtail possum:
- New Guinean quoll with a size of 26.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Black-capped squirrel monkey with a size of 30.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Western quoll with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Coppery ringtail possum with a size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Masoala fork-marked lemur with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- New England cottontail with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Peters’s squirrel with a size of 26.8 cm (0′ 11″)
- King rat (animal) with a size of 26 cm (0′ 11″)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a D’Albertis’ ringtail possum: