It is hard to guess what a Greater glider weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater glider (Petauroides volans) on average weights 1.26 kg (2.77 lbs).
The Greater glider is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Petauroides). They can live for up to 15 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.1 cm (1′ 5″). On average, Greater gliders can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 greater glider (Petauroides volans) is a large gliding marsupial found in Australia. It is not closely related to the Petaurus group of gliding marsupials but instead to the lemur-like ringtail possum (Hemibelideus lemuroides), with which it shares the subfamily Hemibelideinae.The greater glider is nocturnal and is a solitary herbivore feeding almost exclusively on Eucalyptus leaves and buds. Like its relative the lemur-like ringtail, the greater glider is found in two forms: a sooty brown form, or a grey-to-white form.The greater glider is found in eucalypt forest from Mossman, Queensland, to Daylesford, Victoria.
Animals of the same family as a Greater glider
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with a weight of 997 grams
- Plush-coated ringtail possum bringing 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs) to the scale
- Common ringtail possum with a weight of 895 grams
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 642 grams
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 152 grams
- Vogelkop ringtail possum with a weight of 255 grams
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a weight of 796 grams
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Greater glider
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petauroides volans:
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Green ringtail possum with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Menzies’ echymipera with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a weight of 1.16 kilos (2.56 lbs)
- Rufous hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
- Black jackrabbit with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a weight of 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a weight of 1.05 kilos (2.31 lbs)
- Bristle-spined rat with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater glider
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Greater glider:
- Goldman’s woodrat
- Grey seal
- Greater horseshoe bat
- Chimpanzee
- Günther’s dik-dik
- Egyptian fruit bat
- Woermann’s bat
- Greater short-nosed fruit bat
- Sun bear
- Puna mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater glider
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater glider:
- Zebra duiker with an average maximal age of 12.17 years
- Oribi with an average maximal age of 15.75 years
- Grey rhebok with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Striped polecat with an average maximal age of 13.33 years
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Java mouse-deer with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Northern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Common brushtail possum with an average maximal age of 14.67 years
- Short-eared possum with an average maximal age of 17 years