How big does a Busuanga squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Busuanga squirrel (Sundasciurus hoogstraali) reaches an average size of 21 cm (0′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Busuanga squirrel (genus: Sundasciurus) 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 Busuanga squirrel (Sundasciurus hoogstraali) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Animals of the same family as a Busuanga squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Tarbagan marmot with 4 babies per litter
- Menzbier’s marmot with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Temminck’s flying squirrel with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-clawed ground squirrel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Speckled ground squirrel with 5 babies per litter
- Indian palm squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel with 1 babies per litter
- Yellow-throated squirrel with a weight of 803 grams
- Nilgiri striped squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Red and white giant flying squirrel with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Busuanga squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Busuanga squirrel:
- Philippine forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Three-striped ground squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Anthony’s woodrat with a size of 17.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- American red squirrel with a size of 18.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Texas pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Red-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.2 cm (0′ 9″)
- Pied tamarin with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Magellanic tuco-tuco with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)