It is hard to guess what a Yellow-sided opossum weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Yellow-sided opossum (Monodelphis dimidiata) on average weights 45 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Yellow-sided opossum is from the family Didelphidae (genus: Monodelphis). They can live for up to 1 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.9 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Yellow-sided opossums can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 12.
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 yellow-sided opossum (Monodelphis dimidiata) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. They have grey or black fur on their dorsal side with yellowish fur on the lateral side that continues down to the feet. They are the most mysterious of all the Monodelphis that is found specifically in the Pampean region or Pampa of Argentina. It is suspected to be a once-in-a-lifetime breeder as seen in a three-year observational study of one population in the marshy grasslands of the Pampean region. Maintaining their native grasslands is important for them to keep a stable population.They show sexual dimorphism in overall size: adult males are typically 100-150 g whereas adult females are 30-70 g.
Animals of the same family as a Yellow-sided opossum
We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:
- Black-shouldered opossum with a weight of 258 grams
- Aceramarca gracile opossum with a weight of 20 grams
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 119 grams
- White-bellied woolly mouse opossum with a weight of 93 grams
- Marajó short-tailed opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Wood sprite gracile opossum with a weight of 18 grams
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a weight of 28 grams
- Virginia opossum bringing 2.46 kilos (5.42 lbs) to the scale
- Chestnut-striped opossum with a weight of 45 grams
- Northern gracile opossum with a weight of 23 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-sided opossum
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Monodelphis dimidiata:
- Yellow-pine chipmunk bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Variable grass mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Grey red-backed vole bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Montane vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Northern grass mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Highland brush mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Northern mole vole bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Rufous elephant shrew bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Oecomys bicolor bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Rock vole bringing 39 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Yellow-sided opossum
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Yellow-sided opossum:
- Naked-rumped tomb bat with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- South African pouched mouse with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Malagasy serotine with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Panamint chipmunk with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- California red tree mouse with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hispid pocket mouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Antechinus wilhelmina with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow golden mole with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Delicate slender opossum with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Yellow-sided opossum
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (12) as a Yellow-sided opossum:
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Yellow-sided opossum
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Yellow-sided opossum:
- Crowned shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Hottentot golden mole with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Northern red-sided opossum with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Meadow vole with an average maximal age of 0.92 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Myosorex varius with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Wood lemming with an average maximal age of 1 years