It is hard to guess what a Lowland ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lowland ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus canescens) on average weights 300 grams (0.66 lbs).
The Lowland ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudocheirus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.3 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Lowland ringtail possums have 2 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 lowland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus canescens) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It’s found in Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Lowland ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a weight of 796 grams
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 grams
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 458 grams
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Greater glider bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 152 grams
- Common ringtail possum with a weight of 895 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lowland ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudocheirus canescens:
- Greater stick-nest rat bringing 329 grams to the scale
- Simons’s spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Unstriped ground squirrel bringing 317 grams to the scale
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Tumbala climbing rat bringing 280 grams to the scale
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur bringing 326 grams to the scale
- Afghan pika bringing 250 grams to the scale
- White-headed marmoset bringing 342 grams to the scale
- Speckled spiny tree-rat bringing 283 grams to the scale
- Red slender loris bringing 249 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lowland ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lowland ringtail possum:
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Painted ringtail possum with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Southern Plains woodrat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Stoat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Small flying fox with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- European hedgehog with a size of 23.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- Black flying fox with a size of 25.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Large treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Koslov’s pika with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lowland ringtail possum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Lowland ringtail possum: