It is hard to guess what a Sepia short-tailed opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Sepia short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis adusta) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Sepia short-tailed opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Monodelphis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.1 cm (0′ 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 sepia short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis adusta) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.Its habitat consists of different types of forests up to 2200 meters above sea level, as well as grasslands. These areas have about 5 m annual rainfall, so they find ways to remain above the water. The opossum hunts invertebrates on the ground, but remains of beetles and small frogs have also been seen. They are nocturnal and live in tree holes.The species has dark brown fur and is distinct from other members of its genus by having no streaks on its trunk.
Animals of the same family as a Sepia short-tailed opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Brazilian slender opossum with a weight of 38 grams
- Linnaeus’s mouse opossum with a weight of 36 grams
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum with a weight of 765 grams
- Grayish mouse opossum with a weight of 47 grams
- Junin slender opossum with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tate’s woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 119 grams
- Lutrine opossum with a weight of 556 grams
- Alston’s mouse opossum with a weight of 132 grams
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 28 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Sepia short-tailed opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Monodelphis adusta:
- Cape golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Pale spear-nosed bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Red-cheeked dunnart bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Woodford’s fruit bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Cuban fruit-eating bat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- White-striped free-tailed bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Singing vole bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Nayarit mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped pouched bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Sepia short-tailed opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Sepia short-tailed opossum:
- Long-eared chipmunk with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Chestnut tree mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Neblina slender opossum with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Angolan rousette with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Least forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Alexander’s bush squirrel with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- White-toothed brush mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Southern flying squirrel with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)