How big does a Basilan flying squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Basilan flying squirrel (Petinomys crinitus) reaches an average size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Basilan flying squirrel (genus: Petinomys) is a member of the family Sciuridae.
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 Basilan flying squirrel (Philippines flying squirrel or Mindanao flying squirrel ) (Petinomys crinitus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is often confused with mindanao flying squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis)
Animals of the same family as a Basilan flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Smith’s bush squirrel with a size of 17.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lodgepole chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Allen’s squirrel with a size of 23.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Uinta ground squirrel with a size of 21.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Sanborn’s squirrel with a weight of 136 grams
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Eastern chipmunk with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same size as a Basilan flying squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Basilan flying squirrel:
- Koslov’s pika with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Kinabalu squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Pied tamarin with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Forest giant squirrel with a size of 29.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Abert’s squirrel with a size of 26.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Ashy-headed flying fox with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ceram fruit bat with a size of 20.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Uinta ground squirrel with a size of 21.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Brown-tailed mongoose with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)