It is hard to guess what a Vogelkop ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Vogelkop ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus schlegeli) on average weights 255 grams (0.56 lbs).
The Vogelkop ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudochirulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.6 cm (0′ 9″).
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 Vogelkop ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus schlegeli) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Vogelkop ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 152 grams
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a weight of 256 grams
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with a weight of 997 grams
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
- Cinereus ringtail possum with a weight of 977 grams
- Reclusive ringtail possum bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 642 grams
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 639 grams
- Weyland ringtail possum with a weight of 458 grams
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a weight of 796 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Vogelkop ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudochirulus schlegeli:
- Particolored flying squirrel bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum bringing 246 grams to the scale
- Pteropus temmincki bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Gray slender loris bringing 254 grams to the scale
- Long-haired rat bringing 221 grams to the scale
- Southwestern water vole bringing 220 grams to the scale
- Gambian sun squirrel bringing 248 grams to the scale
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat bringing 260 grams to the scale
- Madagascan fruit bat bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Roberto’s spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Vogelkop ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Vogelkop ringtail possum:
- Ruwenzori sun squirrel with a size of 22.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Saharan striped polecat with a size of 24.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Ladak pika with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Buffy-tufted marmoset with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Basilan flying squirrel with a size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Bryant’s woodrat with a size of 20.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 22.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Sulawesi flying fox with a size of 20.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Franklin’s ground squirrel with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)