It is hard to guess what a Black flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) on average weights 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs).
The Black flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Aeromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 38 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Black flying squirrels have 1 babies per litter.
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 black flying squirrel or large black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; its habitat is primary and secondary forests and gardens where it uses tree hollows. It feeds on fruits, nuts and other vegetable matter. It is likely not threatened and is adaptable to habitat loss. Black flying squirrels tend to have smaller populations than other squirrels because female black flying squirrels breed infrequently and have a small litter size of just one young.
Animals of the same family as a Black flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Peters’s squirrel with a weight of 650 grams
- Harris’s antelope squirrel with a weight of 127 grams
- Forest giant squirrel with a weight of 630 grams
- Asia Minor ground squirrel with 5 babies per litter
- Merriam’s chipmunk with a weight of 74 grams
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk with a weight of 91 grams
- Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel with a weight of 227 grams
- Brooke’s squirrel with a weight of 114 grams
- Smith’s bush squirrel with a weight of 222 grams
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel with a weight of 175 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Black flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Aeromys tephromelas:
- Angolan talapoin with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a weight of 1.05 kilos (2.31 lbs)
- Black jackrabbit with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Northern bettong with a weight of 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs)
- Red acouchi with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Bengal slow loris with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Bristle-spined rat with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
- Western quoll with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Mimic tree rat bringing 975 grams to the scale
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black flying squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black flying squirrel:
- Greater bamboo lemur with a size of 37 cm (1′ 3″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Cuban solenodon with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a size of 42.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Ring-tailed cat with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a size of 44.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Manzano Mountain cottontail with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Black flying squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Black flying squirrel: