It is hard to guess what a Lowland ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lowland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus canescens) on average weights 300 grams (0.66 lbs).
The Lowland ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudochirulus). 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:
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with a weight of 997 grams
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Cinereus ringtail possum with a weight of 977 grams
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 639 grams
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
- Coppery ringtail possum bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
- Vogelkop ringtail possum with a weight of 255 grams
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 456 grams
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 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 Pseudochirulus canescens:
- O’Connell’s spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur bringing 326 grams to the scale
- Horse-tailed squirrel bringing 358 grams to the scale
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Northern glider bringing 278 grams to the scale
- Lesser flying fox bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Tawny tuco-tuco bringing 280 grams to the scale
- Savile’s bandicoot rat bringing 260 grams to the scale
- Uinta ground squirrel bringing 307 grams to the scale
- Red-legged sun squirrel bringing 333 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:
- Sikkim rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Saharan striped polecat with a size of 24.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Painted ringtail possum with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Big-headed African mole-rat with a size of 20.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Four-striped ground squirrel with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Speckled dasyure with a size of 19.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- King rat (animal) with a size of 26 cm (0′ 11″)
- Rufous elephant shrew with a size of 25 cm (0′ 10″)
- Slender-tailed squirrel with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
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: