It is hard to guess what a Central American dwarf squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Central American dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus alfari) on average weights 87 grams (0.19 lbs).
The Central American dwarf squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Microsciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.6 cm (0′ 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 Central American dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus alfari) is a small tree squirrel in the genus Microsciurus and tribe Sciurini found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.The table below lists the six recognized subspecies of Microsciurus alfari, along with any synonyms associated with each subspecies:
Animals of the same family as a Central American dwarf squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Northern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Red and white giant flying squirrel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Allen’s squirrel with a weight of 465 grams
- Kashmir flying squirrel with a weight of 510 grams
- Siskiyou chipmunk with a weight of 75 grams
- Gray marmot with 5 babies per litter
- Gray-cheeked flying squirrel with a weight of 63 grams
- Southern flying squirrel with a weight of 72 grams
- Variegated squirrel with a weight of 485 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Central American dwarf squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microsciurus alfari:
- Oldfield white-bellied rat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Highveld gerbil bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Large tree mouse bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Bush vlei rat bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Oecomys rex bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Asian garden dormouse bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Oecomys phaeotis bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mountain rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Beady-eyed mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale