It is hard to guess what a Scaly-tailed possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Scaly-tailed possum (Wyulda squamicaudata) on average weights 1.81 kg (3.98 lbs).
The Scaly-tailed possum is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Wyulda). They can live for up to 6 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.5 cm (1′ 3″). On average, Scaly-tailed possums can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 scaly-tailed possum – Wyulda squamicaudata – is found in northwestern Australia, where it is restricted to the Kimberley. They are light grey over most of the body and have relatively short ears and muzzle. The mostly hairless tail is able to curl around the branches of trees as the possum forages for food, its grasp is aided by rasp-ilke scales and is strong enough to hold its own weight. The species favours complex rocky terrain with dense thickets of vines and the fruiting trees that provide much of their diet.
Animals of the same family as a Scaly-tailed possum
We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:
- Short-eared possum bringing 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs) to the scale
- Sulawesi bear cuscus bringing 10 kilos (22.05 lbs) to the scale
- Northern common cuscus bringing 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs) to the scale
- Silky cuscus bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain cuscus bringing 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs) to the scale
- Northern brushtail possum bringing 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs) to the scale
- Telefomin cuscus bringing 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs) to the scale
- Ornate cuscus bringing 1.79 kilos (3.95 lbs) to the scale
- Common brushtail possum bringing 2.69 kilos (5.93 lbs) to the scale
- Woodlark cuscus bringing 1.63 kilos (3.59 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Scaly-tailed possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Wyulda squamicaudata:
- Chacoan mara with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Eastern common cuscus with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Yunnan hare with a weight of 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs)
- Banded hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs)
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.69 kilos (3.73 lbs)
- Yarkand hare with a weight of 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs)
- Mongoose lemur with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted genet with a weight of 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs)
- Swift fox with a weight of 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs)
- Angolan genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Scaly-tailed possum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Scaly-tailed possum:
- Tailed tailless bat
- Common wallaroo
- Gray brocket
- Common brown lemur
- Brazilian shrew mouse
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby
- Malagasy civet
- Ribbon seal
- Reeves’s muntjac
- Patagonian mara
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Scaly-tailed possum
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Scaly-tailed possum:
- Brown-eared woolly opossum with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Long-tailed weasel with an average maximal age of 7.08 years
- Bahamian hutia with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat with an average maximal age of 5.17 years
- Forest giant squirrel with an average maximal age of 5.08 years
- Mexican mouse opossum with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Bank vole with an average maximal age of 4.83 years
- Collared pika with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Central African oyan with an average maximal age of 5.33 years