It is hard to guess what a Grizzled giant squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) on average weights 1.33 kg (2.93 lbs).
The Grizzled giant squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Ratufa). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 31.9 cm (1′ 1″). On average, Grizzled giant squirrels can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 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 grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in the highlands of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, and in patches of riparian forest along the Kaveri River and in the hill forests of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of southern India. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species as near threatened due to habitat loss and hunting.
Animals of the same family as a Grizzled giant squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Lodgepole chipmunk with a weight of 60 grams
- Hoary marmot bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Abert’s squirrel with a weight of 623 grams
- Mutable sun squirrel with a weight of 390 grams
- Long-tailed ground squirrel with a weight of 743 grams
- Long-tailed marmot bringing 4.35 kilos (9.59 lbs) to the scale
- Slender squirrel with a weight of 74 grams
- Utah prairie dog with a weight of 900 grams
- Lunda rope squirrel with a weight of 135 grams
- Green bush squirrel with a weight of 100 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Grizzled giant squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ratufa macroura:
- Southern three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Silvery greater galago with a weight of 1.58 kilos (3.48 lbs)
- Nasuella olivacea with a weight of 1.34 kilos (2.95 lbs)
- Emin’s pouched rat with a weight of 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a weight of 1.16 kilos (2.56 lbs)
- Common kusimanse with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Red giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Brown greater galago with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Grizzled giant squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Grizzled giant squirrel: