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Black giant squirrel size: How big do they get?

How big does a Black giant squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) reaches an average size of 31.9 cm (1′ 1″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 10.08 years, they grow from 77 grams (0.17 lbs) to 1.61 kg (3.55 lbs). A Black giant squirrel has 1 babies at once. The Black giant squirrel (genus: Ratufa) 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.

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The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope. It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).

Animals of the same family as a Black giant squirrel

We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Black giant squirrel

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black giant squirrel:

Animals with the same litter size as a Black giant squirrel

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Black giant squirrel:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Black giant squirrel

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Black giant squirrel:

Animals with the same weight as a Black giant squirrel

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ratufa bicolor: