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Woolly mouse opossum size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Woolly mouse opossum (Micoureus demerarae) reaches an average size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 107 grams (0.24 lbs). A Woolly mouse opossum has 6 babies at once. The Woolly mouse opossum (genus: Micoureus) 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.

The average adult size of a Woolly mouse opossum is  (0' 7

The woolly mouse opossum or long-furred woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa demerarae), known locally as the cuíca, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes central Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.It generally lives in tropical, humid forest below 1,200 meter elevation as in the Andes and surrounding lowlands. It is often found on plantations or other disturbed areas as well as evergreen forests.

Animals of the same family as a Woolly mouse opossum

We found other animals of the Didelphidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Woolly mouse opossum

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Woolly mouse opossum

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Woolly mouse opossum:

Animals with the same weight as a Woolly mouse opossum

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Micoureus demerarae: