It is hard to guess what a Weyland ringtail possum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Weyland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus caroli) on average weights 456 grams (1.01 lbs).
The Weyland ringtail possum is from the family Pseudocheiridae (genus: Pseudochirulus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 31 cm (1′ 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 Weyland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus caroli) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the western Central Cordillera of Papua Province, Indonesia. P. caroli is also “known from four localities west of the Star Mountains” and tends to live in montane forest or other hilly areas. Currently the Weyland ringtail is not endangered, but should be “monitored [because] it could rapidly become threatened if either human encroachment or hunting were to increase significantly.”
Animals of the same family as a Weyland ringtail possum
We found other animals of the Pseudocheiridae family:
- Greater glider bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Reclusive ringtail possum bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 639 grams
- Cinereus ringtail possum with a weight of 977 grams
- Coppery ringtail possum bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Painted ringtail possum with a weight of 642 grams
- Herbert River ringtail possum bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum with a weight of 151 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Weyland ringtail possum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudochirulus caroli:
- Pygmy rabbit bringing 437 grams to the scale
- Social tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Pied tamarin bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Franklin’s ground squirrel bringing 458 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla bringing 499 grams to the scale
- JunÃn red squirrel bringing 482 grams to the scale
- Eastern gray squirrel bringing 546 grams to the scale
- Bunker’s woodrat bringing 375 grams to the scale
- Painted tree-rat bringing 519 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Weyland ringtail possum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Weyland ringtail possum:
- Forest giant squirrel with a size of 29.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Xerus erythropus with a size of 31.2 cm (1′ 1″)
- Rakali with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Golden bamboo lemur with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Common degu with a size of 28 cm (1′ 0″)
- Pygmy rabbit with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Cape dune mole-rat with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey with a size of 30.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Greater grison with a size of 25.7 cm (0′ 11″)
- Basilan flying squirrel with a size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″)