It is hard to guess what a Stein’s cuscus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Stein’s cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) on average weights 1.85 kg (4.08 lbs).
The Stein’s cuscus is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Phalanger). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.4 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Stein’s 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.
Stein’s cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) 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 Stein’s cuscus
We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:
- Rothschild’s cuscus bringing 1.37 kilos (3.02 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain cuscus bringing 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs) to the scale
- Woodlark cuscus bringing 1.63 kilos (3.59 lbs) to the scale
- Ground cuscus bringing 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs) to the scale
- Telefomin cuscus bringing 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern common cuscus bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Common brushtail possum bringing 2.69 kilos (5.93 lbs) to the scale
- Ornate cuscus bringing 1.79 kilos (3.95 lbs) to the scale
- Admiralty Island cuscus with 1 babies per litter
- Short-eared possum bringing 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Stein’s cuscus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phalanger vestitus:
- Angolan genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- White-faced saki with a weight of 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs)
- Tolai hare with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Manchurian hare with a weight of 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs)
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Pichi with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Java mouse-deer with a weight of 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs)
- Island fox with a weight of 1.92 kilos (4.23 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Stein’s cuscus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Stein’s cuscus:
- Sable with a size of 45.1 cm (1′ 6″)
- Red acouchi with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Nasuella olivacea with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- European rabbit with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Chinese hare with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a size of 37 cm (1′ 3″)
- Woolly hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- American mink with a size of 36.6 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Stein’s cuscus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Stein’s cuscus: