How many baby Epixeruss are in a litter?
A Epixerus (Epixerus ebii) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 14 grams (0.03 lbs) and measure 62.1 cm (2′ 1″). They are a member of the Sciuridae family (genus: Epixerus). An adult Epixerus grows up to a size of 28.8 cm (1′ 0″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
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.
Other animals of the family Sciuridae
Epixerus is a member of the Sciuridae, as are these animals:
- Round-tailed ground squirrel with 6 babies per pregnancy
- Olympic marmot with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Mexican fox squirrel with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Kashmir flying squirrel with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Davao squirrel raching a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Red and white giant flying squirrel weighting around 1.5 kilograms (3.31 lbs)
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Red bush squirrel with 1 babies per pregnancy
- EspĂritu Santo antelope squirrel raching a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Epixerus
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Mayor’s mouse
- Collie’s squirrel
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
- Island fox
- Edward’s swamp rat
- Binturong
- White-sided jackrabbit
- Lion
- Fossa (animal)
- Buffy-tufted marmoset
Animals with the same weight as a Epixerus
What other animals weight around 559 grams (1.23 lbs)?
- Kashmir flying squirrel weighting 510 grams
- Mountain ground squirrel weighting 625 grams
- Greater bandicoot rat weighting 583 grams
- Variable pocket gopher weighting 615 grams
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat weighting 465 grams
- Lord Derby’s scaly-tailed squirrel weighting 665 grams
- Golden lion tamarin weighting 593 grams
- White-footed tamarin weighting 457 grams
- Chiriqui pocket gopher weighting 650 grams
- Peters’s squirrel weighting 650 grams
Animals with the same size as a Epixerus
Also reaching around 28.8 cm (1′ 0″) in size do these animals:
- Common degu gets as big as 28 cm (1′ 0″)
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby gets as big as 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Chinese red pika gets as big as 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Golden-rumped elephant shrew gets as big as 27.3 cm (0′ 11″)
- Water opossum gets as big as 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Buffy-headed marmoset gets as big as 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Reclusive ringtail possum gets as big as 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Black and red bush squirrel gets as big as 24.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Mountain beaver gets as big as 30.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Red-handed tamarin gets as big as 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)