It is hard to guess what a Reclusive ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Reclusive ringtail possum (Pseudochirops coronatus) on average weights 1.4 kg (3.08 lbs).
The Reclusive ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudochirops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 33.9 cm (1′ 2″).
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 reclusive ringtail possum (Pseudochirops coronatus) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the Arfak Mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.
Animals of the same family as a Reclusive ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 grams
- Cinereus ringtail possum with a weight of 977 grams
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with a weight of 997 grams
- Plush-coated ringtail possum bringing 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs) to the scale
- Lowland ringtail possum with a weight of 300 grams
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 456 grams
- Vogelkop ringtail possum with a weight of 255 grams
- Common ringtail possum with a weight of 895 grams
- Greater glider bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 458 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Reclusive ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudochirops coronatus:
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Southern viscacha with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Bristle-spined rat with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Woodlark cuscus with a weight of 1.63 kilos (3.59 lbs)
- Atlantic titi with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Abyssinian genet with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Reclusive ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Reclusive ringtail possum:
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Yellow mongoose with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Chinese ferret-badger with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Cuban solenodon with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Indonesian mountain weasel with a size of 30.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Three-striped night monkey with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Tufted ground squirrel with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)