It is hard to guess what a Feathertail glider weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Feathertail glider is from the family Acrobatidae (genus: Acrobates). They can live for up to 7.17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Feathertail gliders can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the world’s smallest gliding mammal and is named for its long feather-shaped tail.A second species, the Broad-toed Feathertail Glider (Acrobates frontalis) is recognised by some authors based on unpublished genetic studies and cryptic morphological differences in toe and tail characteristics.
Animals of the same family as a Feathertail glider
We found other animals of the Acrobatidae family:
- Feather-tailed possum with a weight of 53 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Feathertail glider
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Acrobates pygmaeus:
- Microryzomys altissimus bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Intermediate horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Heller’s broad-nosed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Mexican harvest mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Fulvous harvest mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Tacarcuna bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Central pebble-mound mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s fruit-eating bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Moonshine shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Feathertail glider
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Feathertail glider:
- Himalayan striped squirrel
- Javan mongoose
- Jamaican coney
- Greater Egyptian jerboa
- Allegheny woodrat
- Myosorex varius
- Savi’s pipistrelle
- Hoary bat
- Crested agouti
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Feathertail glider
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Feathertail glider:
- Island fox with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Southeastern myotis with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Sarcophilus laniarius with an average maximal age of 8.17 years
- Lesser grison with an average maximal age of 7.25 years
- Black-shouldered opossum with an average maximal age of 7.83 years
- Spectral bat with an average maximal age of 6.5 years
- Nathusius’s pipistrelle with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Brown dorcopsis with an average maximal age of 7.58 years
- American pika with an average maximal age of 7 years