It is hard to guess what a Yellow-throated squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Yellow-throated squirrel (Sciurus gilvigularis) on average weights 803 grams (1.77 lbs).
The Yellow-throated squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Sciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20 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 yellow-throated squirrel (Sciurus gilvigularis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to South America. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Yellow-throated squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Prevost’s squirrel with a weight of 400 grams
- Samar squirrel with a weight of 225 grams
- Basilan flying squirrel with a size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Tropical ground squirrel with a weight of 155 grams
- Ochre bush squirrel with a weight of 104 grams
- Epixerus with a weight of 559 grams
- Hoary marmot bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a weight of 45 grams
- Vancouver Island marmot bringing 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs) to the scale
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a weight of 108 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-throated squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sciurus gilvigularis:
- David’s echymipera bringing 817 grams to the scale
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Bahamian hutia bringing 912 grams to the scale
- Moluccan flying fox bringing 728 grams to the scale
- Arctic ground squirrel bringing 747 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed sportive lemur bringing 763 grams to the scale
- Sunda slow loris bringing 940 grams to the scale
- Gunnison’s prairie dog bringing 798 grams to the scale
- Maned rat bringing 755 grams to the scale
- New England cottontail bringing 814 grams to the scale