It is hard to guess what a Painted ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Painted ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus forbesi) on average weights 639 grams (1.41 lbs).
The Painted ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudochirulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 26.5 cm (0′ 11″). Usually, Painted ringtail possums 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 painted ringtail possum or moss-forest ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus forbesi) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Painted ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Cinereus ringtail possum with a weight of 977 grams
- Vogelkop ringtail possum with a weight of 255 grams
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Common ringtail possum with a weight of 895 grams
- Coppery ringtail possum bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Green ringtail possum bringing 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs) to the scale
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Painted ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudochirulus forbesi:
- Peters’s squirrel bringing 650 grams to the scale
- Golden lion tamarin bringing 593 grams to the scale
- Xerus erythropus bringing 602 grams to the scale
- Weasel sportive lemur bringing 670 grams to the scale
- Bulmer’s fruit bat bringing 621 grams to the scale
- Slender mongoose bringing 530 grams to the scale
- Dark spiny tree-rat bringing 627 grams to the scale
- Angolan kusimanse bringing 700 grams to the scale
- Painted tree-rat bringing 519 grams to the scale
- Painted tree-rat bringing 518 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Painted ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Painted ringtail possum:
- Red-handed tamarin with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Sardinian pika with a size of 22.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Collared titi with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Luzon broad-toothed rat with a size of 22.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Lowland ringtail possum with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Red slender loris with a size of 22.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Bengal mongoose with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Carruther’s mountain squirrel with a size of 22.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Black flying fox with a size of 25.4 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Painted ringtail possum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Painted ringtail possum: