It is hard to guess what a Gray slender loris weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) on average weights 254 grams (0.56 lbs).
The Gray slender loris is from the family Lorisidae (genus: Loris). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″).
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 gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) is a species of primate in the family Loridae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Gray slender loris
We found other animals of the Lorisidae family:
- Bengal slow loris bringing 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Gray slender loris
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Loris lydekkerianus:
- Pallas’s squirrel bringing 283 grams to the scale
- Underwood’s pocket gopher bringing 250 grams to the scale
- White-toothed tuco-tuco bringing 244 grams to the scale
- Colombian weasel bringing 211 grams to the scale
- Collared tuco-tuco bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s hedgehog bringing 213 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat bringing 215 grams to the scale
- Andersen’s naked-backed fruit bat bringing 233 grams to the scale
- San MartÃn Island woodrat bringing 240 grams to the scale