It is hard to guess what a Arizona gray squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) on average weights 647 grams (1.43 lbs).
The Arizona gray squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Sciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 26.4 cm (0′ 11″). On average, Arizona gray squirrels can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 3.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) is a tree squirrel, in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the canyons and valleys surrounded by deciduous and mixed forests in eastern Arizona and northern Mexico.It is threatened by habitat loss. The only other large squirrel that is within its range is Abert’s squirrel, which has ear tufts and lives in pine forests. Although they act and look like other gray squirrels, the Arizona gray squirrel is actually more closely related to the fox squirrel.
Animals of the same family as a Arizona gray squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Long-tailed marmot bringing 4.35 kilos (9.59 lbs) to the scale
- Red squirrel with a weight of 333 grams
- San Joaquin antelope squirrel with a weight of 160 grams
- Yellow-throated squirrel with a weight of 803 grams
- Three-striped ground squirrel with a weight of 175 grams
- Low’s squirrel with a weight of 85 grams
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a weight of 108 grams
- Indian giant flying squirrel bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel with a weight of 300 grams
- Indochinese flying squirrel with a weight of 227 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Arizona gray squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sciurus arizonensis:
- Mountain ground squirrel bringing 625 grams to the scale
- Giant tree-rat bringing 584 grams to the scale
- Musky rat-kangaroo bringing 535 grams to the scale
- Lutrine opossum bringing 556 grams to the scale
- Giant tree-rat bringing 584 grams to the scale
- Siberian weasel bringing 531 grams to the scale
- Giant otter shrew bringing 685 grams to the scale
- Rock squirrel bringing 715 grams to the scale
- Variable pocket gopher bringing 615 grams to the scale
- Golden lion tamarin bringing 593 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Arizona gray squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Arizona gray squirrel:
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Yellow mongoose with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Solomons flying fox with a size of 25.6 cm (0′ 11″)
- Guyenne spiny rat with a size of 22 cm (0′ 9″)
- Volcano rabbit with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Javan mongoose with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Ruwenzori sun squirrel with a size of 22.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Florida naked-tailed rat with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
- Hammer-headed bat with a size of 22.6 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Arizona gray squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Arizona gray squirrel: