It is hard to guess what a Epixerus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Epixerus (Epixerus ebii) on average weights 559 grams (1.23 lbs).
The Epixerus is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Epixerus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 28.8 cm (1′ 0″). Usually, Epixeruss have 2 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.
Epixerus ebii, also known as Ebian’s palm squirrel, Temminck’s giant squirrel, or the western palm squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the only species in the genus Epixerus, although eastern populations (subspecies Epixerus ebii wilsoni) were previously regarded as a separate species, E. wilsoni. It is found in West and Central Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Epixerus
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Unstriped ground squirrel with a weight of 317 grams
- Ribboned rope squirrel with a weight of 141 grams
- Arizona gray squirrel with a weight of 647 grams
- Grey-bellied squirrel with a weight of 265 grams
- Vancouver Island marmot bringing 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs) to the scale
- Bolivian squirrel with a weight of 190 grams
- Yucatan squirrel with a weight of 225 grams
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel with 1 babies per litter
- Western gray squirrel with a weight of 704 grams
- American red squirrel with a weight of 200 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Epixerus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Epixerus ebii:
- Golden lion tamarin bringing 593 grams to the scale
- Chiriqui pocket gopher bringing 650 grams to the scale
- Marbled polecat bringing 594 grams to the scale
- Big-headed African mole-rat bringing 622 grams to the scale
- JunÃn red squirrel bringing 482 grams to the scale
- Squirrel-toothed rat bringing 511 grams to the scale
- Mauritian flying fox bringing 473 grams to the scale
- Ryukyu flying fox bringing 491 grams to the scale
- Kashmir flying squirrel bringing 510 grams to the scale
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat bringing 502 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Epixerus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Epixerus:
- Yellow mongoose with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Slender mongoose with a size of 33 cm (1′ 1″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Mimic tree rat with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Western barred bandicoot with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Mexican gray squirrel with a size of 25.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Back-striped weasel with a size of 28.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Pied tamarin with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Peters’s squirrel with a size of 26.8 cm (0′ 11″)
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Epixerus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Epixerus: