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How many babies does a Thomas’s rope squirrel have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Thomas’s rope squirrels are in a litter?

A Thomas’s rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 5 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 4.6 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Sciuridae family (genus: Funisciurus). An adult Thomas’s rope squirrel grows up to a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″).

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.

Thomas’s rope squirrel or redless tree squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of “least concern”.

Other animals of the family Sciuridae

Thomas’s rope squirrel is a member of the Sciuridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Thomas’s rope squirrel

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

What other animals weight around 224 grams (0.49 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

Also reaching around 18.4 cm (0′ 8″) in size do these animals: