It is hard to guess what a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) on average weights 197 grams (0.43 lbs).
The Fat-tailed dwarf lemur is from the family Cheirogaleidae (genus: Cheirogaleus). It is usually born with about 14 grams (0.03 lbs). They can live for up to 19.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.5 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs have 2 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 fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius), also known as the lesser dwarf lemur, western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, or spiny forest dwarf lemur, is endemic to Madagascar.
Animals of the same family as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
We found other animals of the Cheirogaleidae family:
- Brown mouse lemur with a weight of 48 grams
- Golden-brown mouse lemur with a weight of 58 grams
- Pygmy mouse lemur with a weight of 31 grams
- Reddish-gray mouse lemur with a weight of 70 grams
- Masoala fork-marked lemur with a weight of 409 grams
- Sambirano mouse lemur with a weight of 49 grams
- Greater dwarf lemur with a weight of 447 grams
- Gray mouse lemur with a weight of 68 grams
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur with a weight of 326 grams
- Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur with a weight of 33 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cheirogaleus medius:
- Douglas squirrel bringing 225 grams to the scale
- Collared tuco-tuco bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Strong tuco-tuco bringing 233 grams to the scale
- Mexican ground squirrel bringing 177 grams to the scale
- Mohol bushbaby bringing 193 grams to the scale
- Black-striped squirrel bringing 209 grams to the scale
- Tawny-bellied cotton rat bringing 196 grams to the scale
- Northern treeshrew bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Bryant’s woodrat bringing 182 grams to the scale
- Squirrel glider bringing 230 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Fat-tailed dwarf lemur:
- Long-eared hedgehog with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Fijian monkey-faced bat with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Desert hedgehog with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Red squirrel with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 22.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Amur hedgehog with a size of 24.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Southern African hedgehog with a size of 18.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Buffy-headed marmoset with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Davao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Magellanic tuco-tuco with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur:
- Small-toothed palm civet
- Mountain ground squirrel
- Long-tailed pygmy possum
- Fraser’s musk shrew
- Island fox
- Greater dwarf lemur
- Volcano rabbit
- Champion’s tree mouse
- Buller’s chipmunk
- Buettikofer’s shrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Fat-tailed dwarf lemur:
- Dama gazelle with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Waterbuck with an average maximal age of 19.92 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Golden-backed uakari with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Sable antelope with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Serval with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Finless porpoise with an average maximal age of 23 years
- East African oryx with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Goitered gazelle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Brown greater galago with an average maximal age of 18.75 years