How big does a Epixerus get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Epixerus (Epixerus ebii) reaches an average size of 28.8 cm (1′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 559 grams (1.23 lbs). A Epixerus has 2 babies at once. The Epixerus (genus: Epixerus) 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.
Epixerus ebii, also known as Ebian’s palm squirrel, Temminck’s giant squirrel, or the western palm squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the only species in the genus Epixerus, although eastern populations (subspecies Epixerus ebii wilsoni) were previously regarded as a separate species, E. wilsoni. It is found in West and Central Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Epixerus
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Tropical ground squirrel with a size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ribboned rope squirrel with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lady Burton’s rope squirrel with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Particolored flying squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Daurian ground squirrel with 5 babies per litter
- Amazon dwarf squirrel with a weight of 92 grams
- Deppe’s squirrel with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Richardson’s ground squirrel with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Utah prairie dog with a size of 28.8 cm (1′ 0″)
Animals with the same size as a Epixerus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Epixerus:
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Koslov’s pika with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Golden lion tamarin with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Brush rabbit with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey with a size of 30.9 cm (1′ 1″)
- Rock squirrel with a size of 27.3 cm (0′ 11″)
- Mexican prairie dog with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Xerus erythropus with a size of 31.2 cm (1′ 1″)
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 28.1 cm (1′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Epixerus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Epixerus:
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat
- Babault’s mouse shrew
- Highland streaked tenrec
- Tayra
- Long-tailed pygmy possum
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
- Alston’s brown mouse
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat
- Tome’s spiny rat
- American shrew mole
Animals with the same weight as a Epixerus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Epixerus ebii:
- Peters’s squirrel bringing 650 grams to the scale
- Malayan weasel bringing 569 grams to the scale
- White-lipped tamarin bringing 509 grams to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Atlantic bamboo rat bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Central Texas pocket gopher bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Giant white-tailed rat bringing 644 grams to the scale
- White-footed tamarin bringing 457 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose bringing 485 grams to the scale
- Squirrel-toothed rat bringing 511 grams to the scale