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How much does a Japanese squirrel weight?

It is hard to guess what a Japanese squirrel weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) on average weights 264 grams (0.58 lbs).

The Japanese squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Sciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 29.4 cm (1′ 0″).

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 average adult weight of a Japanese squirrel is 264 grams (0.58 lbs)

The Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Japan. It was described by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1844. The Japanese squirrel’s range includes the islands of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū. Recently, populations on south-western Honshū and Shikoku decreased, and those on Kyūshū disappeared. One of the factors affecting the local extinction of this species seems to be forest fragmentation by humans.

Animals of the same family as a Japanese squirrel

We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Japanese squirrel

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sciurus lis: