It is hard to guess what a Silky cuscus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Silky cuscus (Phalanger sericeus) on average weights 2 kg (4.41 lbs).
The Silky cuscus is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Phalanger). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.2 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Silky cuscuss 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 silky cuscus (Phalanger sericeus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Silky cuscus
We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:
- Telefomin cuscus bringing 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs) to the scale
- Admiralty Island cuscus with 1 babies per litter
- Northern brushtail possum bringing 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs) to the scale
- Northern common cuscus bringing 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs) to the scale
- Stein’s cuscus bringing 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs) to the scale
- Black-spotted cuscus bringing 6 kilos (13.23 lbs) to the scale
- Common brushtail possum bringing 2.69 kilos (5.93 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s cuscus bringing 1.37 kilos (3.02 lbs) to the scale
- Ground cuscus bringing 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs) to the scale
- Ground cuscus bringing 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Silky cuscus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phalanger sericeus:
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Abyssinian hare with a weight of 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs)
- African palm civet with a weight of 2.17 kilos (4.78 lbs)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Sanford’s brown lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Indian hare with a weight of 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs)
- Johnston’s genet with a weight of 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs)
- Crested servaline genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.69 kilos (3.73 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Silky cuscus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Silky cuscus:
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Short-beaked echidna with a size of 37.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with a size of 33.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Peruvian spider monkey with a size of 45.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tres Marias rabbit with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Common kusimanse with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-eared opossum with a size of 36 cm (1′ 3″)
- Northern olingo with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Silky cuscus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Silky cuscus: