It is hard to guess what a Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) on average weights 1.48 kg (3.26 lbs).
The Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Petaurista). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 39.8 cm (1′ 4″).
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.
Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. This large flying squirrel lives in Himalayan forests in Asia. Like other flying squirrels, it is nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs.
Animals of the same family as a Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Hagen’s flying squirrel with a size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Perny’s long-nosed squirrel with a weight of 199 grams
- Arizona gray squirrel with a weight of 647 grams
- Yucatan squirrel with a weight of 225 grams
- Least pygmy squirrel with a weight of 21 grams
- Indian giant squirrel bringing 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese squirrel with a weight of 264 grams
- Congo rope squirrel with a weight of 112 grams
- Texas antelope squirrel with a weight of 113 grams
- Sonoma chipmunk with a weight of 75 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petaurista magnificus:
- Greater grison with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Tolai hare with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Southern three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Atlantic titi with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
- Seven-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs)