It is hard to guess what a Dian’s tarsier weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dian’s tarsier (Tarsius dentatus) on average weights 110 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:
- Sangihe tarsier with a weight of 165 grams
- Spectral tarsier with a weight of 168 grams
- Peleng tarsier with a weight of 165 grams
- Philippine tarsier with a weight of 116 grams
- Spectral tarsier with a weight of 166 grams
- Pygmy tarsier with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dian’s tarsier with a weight of 111 grams
- Horsfield’s tarsier with a weight of 114 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 dentatus:
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Gray flying fox bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Tate’s woolly mouse opossum bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Santander dwarf squirrel bringing 99 grams to the scale
- Garden dormouse bringing 115 grams to the scale
- Fat sand rat bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Fringe-tailed gerbil bringing 96 grams to the scale
- Pygmy marmoset bringing 124 grams to the scale
- Littledale’s whistling rat bringing 126 grams to the scale
- Hero shrew bringing 91 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:
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Robert’s hocicudo with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Shrew gymnure with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Monito del monte with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Townsend’s chipmunk with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- California red tree mouse with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Golden spiny mouse with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-eared chipmunk with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
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: