It is hard to guess what a Dian’s tarsier weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dian’s tarsier (Tarsius dianae) on average weights 111 grams (0.24 lbs).
The Dian’s tarsier is from the family Tarsiidae (genus: Tarsius). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.7 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Dian’s tarsiers 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.
Dian’s tarsier (Tarsius dentatus), also known as the Diana tarsier, is a nocturnal primate endemic to central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its head-body length is 11.5–12 centimetres (4.5–4.7 in) and it has a tail of 22 centimetres (8.7 in). Dian’s tarsier lives in rainforests. It was formerly called T. dianae, but that has been shown to be a junior synonym.It is found in primary, secondary, and mangrove forests. It is nocturnal and lives in small groups of two to seven members. It is highly adapted to vertical clinging and leaping, like other tarsiers, and has a strict live animal diet, mostly insects with some small vertebrates. Due to human intervention in the forest of South-east Asia, Dian’s tarsier tends to adapt its ranging behavior based on the degree of human intervention. Slightly disturbed habitats have been shown to have little effect on the Dian’s tarsier, but with larger disturbances, the habitat is less suitable.First claimed as a new species by Miller and Hollister in 1921. They are small in population, given an altitude of 500-1000 meters the population density is only around 180 individuals.
Animals of the same family as a Dian’s tarsier
We found other animals of the Tarsiidae family:
- Pygmy tarsier with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Spectral tarsier with a weight of 168 grams
- Dian’s tarsier with a weight of 110 grams
- Sangihe tarsier with a weight of 165 grams
- Peleng tarsier with a weight of 165 grams
- Horsfield’s tarsier with a weight of 114 grams
- Spectral tarsier with a weight of 166 grams
- Philippine tarsier with a weight of 116 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dian’s tarsier
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tarsius dianae:
- Long-tailed hopping mouse bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Bramble Cay melomys bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s gerbil bringing 101 grams to the scale
- Kaiser’s rock rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Atlantic Forest climbing mouse bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat bringing 122 grams to the scale
- European water vole bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Bushy-tailed opossum bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Water vole (North America) bringing 92 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Dian’s tarsier
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dian’s tarsier:
- Brazilian slender opossum with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sonoma chipmunk with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Duthie’s golden mole with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hispid pocket mouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Masked white-tailed rat with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Moss-forest rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Monito del monte with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hainan gymnure with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dian’s tarsier
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Dian’s tarsier: