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Tyler’s mouse opossum size: How big do they get?

How big does a Tyler’s mouse opossum get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Tyler’s mouse opossum (Marmosa tyleriana) reaches an average size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 32 grams (0.07 lbs). A Tyler’s mouse opossum has 3 babies at once. The Tyler’s mouse opossum (genus: Marmosa) is a member of the family Didelphidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

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Tyler’s mouse opossum (Marmosa tyleriana) is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It lives in rainforests of the Guiana Highlands of southern Venezuela at elevations between 1300 and 2200 m. The species has only been found on three isolated tepuis (Auyantepui, Marahuaca and Sarisariñama). All three of these locations are in protected areas (Canaima, Duida-Marahuaca and Jaua-Sarisariñama national parks).The Latin species name refers to the habitat in which the opossum was first found, a Tyleria forest. In turn, both the genus Tyleria and the opossum’s common name refer to Sidney F. Tyler, an American historian and photographer who helped finance the 1928-29 expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to the headwaters of the Orinoco, during which the opossum was discovered.

Animals of the same family as a Tyler’s mouse opossum

We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Tyler’s mouse opossum

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tyler’s mouse opossum:

Animals with the same litter size as a Tyler’s mouse opossum

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Tyler’s mouse opossum:

Animals with the same weight as a Tyler’s mouse opossum

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Marmosa tyleriana: