It is hard to guess what a Red-cheeked flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) on average weights 118 grams (0.26 lbs).
The Red-cheeked flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Hylopetes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.1 cm (0′ 8″).
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 red-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Red-cheeked flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Mountain ground squirrel with a weight of 625 grams
- Bolivian squirrel with a weight of 190 grams
- Palmer’s chipmunk with a weight of 60 grams
- Northern palm squirrel with a weight of 102 grams
- Lady Burton’s rope squirrel with a weight of 109 grams
- Black-eared squirrel with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mexican fox squirrel with a weight of 697 grams
- Siskiyou chipmunk with a weight of 75 grams
- Hoary marmot bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Ear-spot squirrel with a weight of 209 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Red-cheeked flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hylopetes spadiceus:
- Ribboned rope squirrel bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi harpy fruit bat bringing 116 grams to the scale
- Hinde’s rock rat bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Sloggett’s vlei rat bringing 106 grams to the scale
- Collared pika bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Desert kangaroo rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Ochre bush squirrel bringing 104 grams to the scale
- Lesser ricefield rat bringing 104 grams to the scale
- Woolly mouse opossum bringing 107 grams to the scale
- Tsing-ling pika bringing 105 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Red-cheeked flying squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red-cheeked flying squirrel:
- Four-striped ground squirrel with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Southern Plains woodrat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- New Guinea waterside rat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Island mouse with a size of 20.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Tsing-ling pika with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Web-footed tenrec with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-haired rat with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Samar squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)