It is hard to guess what a Brown greater galago weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) on average weights 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs).
The Brown greater galago is from the family Galagonidae (genus: Otolemur). It is usually born with about 46 grams (0.1 lbs). They can live for up to 18.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30.7 cm (1′ 1″). Usually, Brown greater galagos 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 brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), also known as the large-eared greater galago or thick-tailed galago, is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos. As opposed to smaller galago species it would climb, walk or run rather than leap.
Animals of the same family as a Brown greater galago
We found other animals of the Galagonidae family:
- Mohol bushbaby with a weight of 193 grams
- Zanzibar bushbaby with a weight of 148 grams
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby with a weight of 296 grams
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a weight of 67 grams
- Senegal bushbaby with a weight of 216 grams
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby with a weight of 268 grams
- Dusky bushbaby with a weight of 213 grams
- Northern greater galago with a weight of 812 grams
- Northern needle-clawed bushbaby with a weight of 278 grams
- Somali bushbaby with a weight of 250 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Brown greater galago
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otolemur crassicaudatus:
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Sunda flying lemur with a weight of 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs)
- Black jackrabbit with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Short-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Nabarlek with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Muskrat bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Rio Beni titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Woylie with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Telefomin cuscus with a weight of 1.44 kilos (3.17 lbs)
- Servaline genet with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Brown greater galago
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brown greater galago:
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with a size of 33.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Great Key Island giant rat with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Potto with a size of 32 cm (1′ 1″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Crowned lemur with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Brush rabbit with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Solomons flying fox with a size of 25.6 cm (0′ 11″)
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Patagonian weasel with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Brown greater galago
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Brown greater galago:
- African bush elephant
- Banana pipistrelle
- Sika deer
- Dian’s tarsier
- Long-tongued fruit bat
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat
- Defua rat
- Voalavoanala
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat
- Short-eared rock-wallaby
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Brown greater galago
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Brown greater galago:
- Australian sea lion with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Nyala with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Red giant flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Lesser horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Greater dwarf lemur with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Red slender loris with an average maximal age of 16.33 years
- Six-banded armadillo with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Snow leopard with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Straw-coloured fruit bat with an average maximal age of 21.75 years
- Large Indian civet with an average maximal age of 20 years