How big does a Yellow-sided opossum get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Yellow-sided opossum (Monodelphis dimidiata) reaches an average size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 1 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 45 grams (0.1 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Yellow-sided opossums have 12 babies about 1 times per year. The Yellow-sided opossum (genus: Monodelphis) 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 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:
- Tschudi’s slender opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Neblina slender opossum with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bishop’s slender opossum with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Water opossum with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Woolly mouse opossum with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a size of 23.1 cm (0′ 10″)
- Gray short-tailed opossum with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tyler’s mouse opossum with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
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:
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Malayan water shrew with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Forest dormouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Olive grass mouse with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Short-haired water rat with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern red-backed vole with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Alexander’s bush squirrel with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Florida mouse with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- California red tree mouse with a size of 9.9 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:
- Wood lemming with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Myosorex varius with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Hottentot golden mole with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Olive grass mouse with an average maximal age of 1 years
- Crowned shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Meadow vole with an average maximal age of 0.92 years
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with an average maximal age of 1.08 years
- Northern red-sided opossum with an average maximal age of 1 years
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:
- Long-tailed vole bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Four-toed jerboa bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Woodland thicket rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Mexican deer mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Andean caenolestid bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied tree mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Córdoba vesper mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Large Japanese field mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale