It is hard to guess what a Andean squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) on average weights 803 grams (1.77 lbs).
The Andean squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Sciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 26.8 cm (0′ 11″).
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 Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) is a tree squirrel endemic to Colombia where it inhabits montane rain forest and cloud forests of the Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Central ranges of the Colombian Andes, at elevations between 2,000 and 3,300 metres (6,600 and 10,800 ft). It is a small species with a body length of about 14 cm (6 in) and a similar length tail. It has soft, silky, reddish-brown fur, a darker tail and yellowish-grey underparts. It is thought to be diurnal but has been little studied, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being data deficient.
Animals of the same family as a Andean squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Prevost’s squirrel with a weight of 400 grams
- Ribboned rope squirrel with a weight of 141 grams
- Swynnerton’s bush squirrel with a weight of 675 grams
- Red bush squirrel with a weight of 365 grams
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a weight of 45 grams
- Indian giant flying squirrel bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Wyoming ground squirrel with a weight of 325 grams
- Red-cheeked rope squirrel with a weight of 250 grams
- Least pygmy squirrel with a weight of 21 grams
- California ground squirrel with a weight of 598 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Andean squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sciurus pucheranii:
- Cape gray mongoose bringing 791 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Southern white-breasted hedgehog bringing 690 grams to the scale
- White-eared titi bringing 898 grams to the scale
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey bringing 888 grams to the scale
- Banded linsang bringing 684 grams to the scale
- Bahamian hutia bringing 912 grams to the scale
- Namaqua slender mongoose bringing 750 grams to the scale
- Grey-headed flying fox bringing 702 grams to the scale
- Northern Amazon red squirrel bringing 700 grams to the scale