It is hard to guess what a Ornate cuscus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ornate cuscus (Phalanger ornatus) on average weights 1.79 kg (3.94 lbs).
The Ornate cuscus is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Phalanger). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.4 cm (1′ 5″).
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 ornate cuscus or Molluccan cuscus (Phalanger ornatus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on the North Maluku islands of Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai, at elevations from sea level to 1000 m.
Animals of the same family as a Ornate cuscus
We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:
- Short-eared possum bringing 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern common cuscus bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Ground cuscus bringing 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs) to the scale
- Common spotted cuscus bringing 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs) to the scale
- Ground cuscus bringing 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs) to the scale
- Scaly-tailed possum bringing 1.81 kilos (3.99 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain cuscus bringing 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs) to the scale
- Stein’s cuscus bringing 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs) to the scale
- Northern brushtail possum bringing 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s cuscus bringing 1.37 kilos (3.02 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ornate cuscus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phalanger ornatus:
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs)
- Sumatran striped rabbit with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Selous’s mongoose with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
- Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 1.9 kilos (4.19 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Eastern bettong with a weight of 1.66 kilos (3.66 lbs)
- Stein’s cuscus with a weight of 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs)
- Red and white giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)