It is hard to guess what a Woodlark cuscus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Woodlark cuscus (Phalanger lullulae) on average weights 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs).
The Woodlark cuscus is from the family Phalangeridae (genus: Phalanger). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.2 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Woodlark 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 Woodlark cuscus (Phalanger lullulae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically on Madau and Woodlark Island, a part of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It happens to be the largest mammal living on Woodlark Island but it is also found on the neighboring island of Alcester, 70 kilometers south of Woodlark Island.
Animals of the same family as a Woodlark cuscus
We found other animals of the Phalangeridae family:
- Northern brushtail possum bringing 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs) to the scale
- Sulawesi bear cuscus bringing 10 kilos (22.05 lbs) to the scale
- Ground cuscus bringing 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs) to the scale
- Black-spotted cuscus bringing 6 kilos (13.23 lbs) to the scale
- Scaly-tailed possum bringing 1.81 kilos (3.99 lbs) to the scale
- Common brushtail possum bringing 2.69 kilos (5.93 lbs) to the scale
- Admiralty Island cuscus with 1 babies per litter
- Silky cuscus bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
- Telefomin cuscus bringing 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs) to the scale
- Ornate cuscus bringing 1.79 kilos (3.95 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Woodlark cuscus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phalanger lullulae:
- African savanna hare with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Banded hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs)
- Ornate cuscus with a weight of 1.79 kilos (3.95 lbs)
- Gilbert’s potoroo with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
- Riverine rabbit with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Chinese hare with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Jamaican coney with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Silvery greater galago with a weight of 1.58 kilos (3.48 lbs)
- De Vis’s woolly rat with a weight of 1.66 kilos (3.66 lbs)
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.43 kilos (3.15 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Woodlark cuscus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Woodlark cuscus:
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Gambian pouched rat with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Chinese ferret-badger with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Philippine flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Greater bilby with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Red and white giant flying squirrel with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a size of 43.3 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Woodlark cuscus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Woodlark cuscus: