It is hard to guess what a Bolivian squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bolivian squirrel (Sciurus ignitus) on average weights 190 grams (0.42 lbs).
The Bolivian squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Sciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 29.4 cm (1′ 0″).
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 Bolivian squirrel (Sciurus ignitus) is a tree squirrel that is endemic to South America. Little is known of the species, which may represent a species complex.
Animals of the same family as a Bolivian squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a weight of 45 grams
- California chipmunk with a weight of 73 grams
- Northern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Douglas squirrel with a weight of 225 grams
- Mohave ground squirrel with a weight of 213 grams
- Cape ground squirrel with a weight of 572 grams
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a weight of 45 grams
- Plantain squirrel with a weight of 210 grams
- Piute ground squirrel with a weight of 165 grams
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel with a weight of 300 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bolivian squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sciurus ignitus:
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 201 grams to the scale
- Bolaños woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Plateau pika bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Mottled tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Bolivian chinchilla rat bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Mzab gundi bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur bringing 197 grams to the scale
- Black-striped squirrel bringing 209 grams to the scale
- Porteous’s tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Large vlei rat bringing 192 grams to the scale