It is hard to guess what a Pseudocheirus schlegeli weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pseudocheirus schlegeli (Pseudocheirus schlegeli) on average weights 256 grams (0.56 lbs).
The Pseudocheirus schlegeli is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudocheirus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.6 cm (0′ 9″).
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.
Animals of the same family as a Pseudocheirus schlegeli
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
- Reclusive ringtail possum bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Common ringtail possum with a weight of 895 grams
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 639 grams
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 456 grams
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Cinereus ringtail possum with a weight of 977 grams
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a weight of 796 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pseudocheirus schlegeli
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudocheirus schlegeli:
- Large-eared pika bringing 205 grams to the scale
- Temotu flying fox bringing 274 grams to the scale
- Andean mountain cavy bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy bringing 261 grams to the scale
- Sonoran woodrat bringing 227 grams to the scale
- Boyacá spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s hedgehog bringing 213 grams to the scale
- Mohave ground squirrel bringing 213 grams to the scale
- Greedy olalla rat bringing 206 grams to the scale
- Tate’s triok bringing 252 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Pseudocheirus schlegeli
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pseudocheirus schlegeli:
- Philippine forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Striped treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Large treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Tome’s spiny rat with a size of 22.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Rufous elephant shrew with a size of 25 cm (0′ 10″)
- Large vlei rat with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Townsend’s pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Alston’s mouse opossum with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)