It is hard to guess what a Dusky slender opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky slender opossum (Marmosops fuscatus) on average weights 46 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Dusky slender opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Marmosops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.1 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Dusky slender opossums can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 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.
The dusky slender opossum (Marmosops fuscatus) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky slender opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Patagonian opossum with a weight of 78 grams
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a weight of 365 grams
- Grayish mouse opossum with a weight of 47 grams
- White-eared opossum bringing 1.03 kilos (2.27 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan pygmy opossum with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Robinson’s mouse opossum with a weight of 61 grams
- Aceramarca gracile opossum with a weight of 20 grams
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a weight of 328 grams
- Karimi’s fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Southern red-sided opossum with a weight of 48 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky slender opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Marmosops fuscatus:
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Brazilian slender opossum bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Pel’s pouched bat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Elegant water shrew bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Naked-eared deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Plateau mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Himalayan striped squirrel bringing 45 grams to the scale
- White-throated grass mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- One-striped opossum bringing 55 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Dusky slender opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dusky slender opossum:
- Vogelkop mountain rat with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- White-eared cotton rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Dorothy’s slender opossum with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bank vole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dwarf flying fox with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Temminck’s flying squirrel with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Giant kangaroo rat with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dusky slender opossum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Dusky slender opossum: