How big does a Common treeshrew get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) reaches an average size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 12.42 years, they grow from 12 grams (0.03 lbs) to 132 grams (0.29 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Common treeshrews have 2 babies about 2 times per year. The Common treeshrew (genus: Tupaia) is a member of the family Tupaiidae.
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 common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is a small mammal in the treeshrew family Tupaiidae, and is native to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has been listed as Least Concern by IUCN as it remains common and displays some adaptability to ongoing habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Common treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Mountain treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Large treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Nicobar treeshrew with a weight of 170 grams
- Slender treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Madras treeshrew with 4 babies per litter
- Ruddy treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Palawan treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Long-footed treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Pygmy treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Painted treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same size as a Common treeshrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Common treeshrew:
- Broad-toothed mouse with a size of 16.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Egyptian fruit bat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Northern pika with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Long-footed water rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hastings River mouse with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Samar squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Straw-coloured fruit bat with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Vinogradov’s jird with a size of 15.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Common treeshrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Common treeshrew:
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat
- Japanese hare
- Savi’s pipistrelle
- Seminole bat
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat
- Mexican woodrat
- Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Lowland ringtail possum
- Pampas cat
- San Lorenzo mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Common treeshrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Common treeshrew:
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- PudĂș with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Arabian tahr with an average maximal age of 14 years
- White-tailed mongoose with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Banded mongoose with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Speke’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 12.67 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Myotis vivesi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Red acouchi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 14.33 years
Animals with the same weight as a Common treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tupaia glis:
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Ribboned rope squirrel bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Round-tailed ground squirrel bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Brooke’s squirrel bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Hispid cotton rat bringing 111 grams to the scale
- Lesser stick-nest rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Solomon’s naked-backed fruit bat bringing 152 grams to the scale
- Zanzibar bushbaby bringing 147 grams to the scale
- Isarog shrew-rat bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 150 grams to the scale