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How much does a Mountain cuscus weight?

It is hard to guess what a Mountain cuscus weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Mountain cuscus (Phalanger carmelitae) on average weights 1.82 kg (4.01 lbs).

The Mountain cuscus is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Phalanger). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 40.7 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Mountain cuscuss have 1 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 average adult weight of a Mountain cuscus is 1.82 kg (4.01 lbs)

The mountain cuscus (Phalanger carmelitae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Animals of the same family as a Mountain cuscus

We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Mountain cuscus

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phalanger carmelitae:

Animals with the same size as a Mountain cuscus

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mountain cuscus:

Animals with the same litter size as a Mountain cuscus

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Mountain cuscus: