It is hard to guess what a White-bellied slender opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-bellied slender opossum (Marmosops noctivagus) on average weights 34 grams (0.07 lbs).
The White-bellied slender opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Marmosops). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.2 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 white-bellied slender opossum (Marmosops noctivagus) is a species of opossum from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus.
Animals of the same family as a White-bellied slender opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Northern red-sided opossum with a weight of 79 grams
- Dorothy’s slender opossum with a weight of 37 grams
- Northern three-striped opossum with a weight of 19 grams
- Heavy-browed mouse opossum with a weight of 47 grams
- One-striped opossum with a weight of 55 grams
- Guajira mouse opossum with a weight of 46 grams
- Alston’s mouse opossum with a weight of 132 grams
- Southern three-striped opossum with a weight of 112 grams
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 119 grams
- Emilia’s gracile opossum with a weight of 7 grams
Animals with the same weight as a White-bellied slender opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Marmosops noctivagus:
- Brazilian gracile opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Crested-tailed deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Northern mole vole bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Forest dormouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Hildegarde’s tomb bat bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Handley’s slender opossum bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Ash-grey mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Deroo’s mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a White-bellied slender opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as White-bellied slender opossum:
- Western New Guinea mountain rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- San José Island kangaroo rat with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chestnut-striped opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Southern marsupial mole with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Cape golden mole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Island tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Handley’s slender opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Antechinus wilhelmina with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Uinta chipmunk with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)