It is hard to guess what a Large treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large treeshrew (Tupaia tana) on average weights 182 grams (0.4 lbs).
The Large treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Tupaia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.5 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Large treeshrews 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 large treeshrew (Tupaia tana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is native to Sumatra and adjacent small islands, as well as in the lowlands and hills of Borneo.
Animals of the same family as a Large treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Striped treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Pygmy treeshrew with a weight of 70 grams
- Northern treeshrew with a weight of 200 grams
- Ruddy treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Nicobar treeshrew with a weight of 170 grams
- Mindanao treeshrew with a weight of 301 grams
- Painted treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Pen-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 42 grams
- Palawan treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Horsfield’s treeshrew with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Large treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tupaia tana:
- Brush-tailed phascogale bringing 193 grams to the scale
- Mzab gundi bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Little ground squirrel bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Indian hedgehog bringing 171 grams to the scale
- Tamaulipan woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Gray tree rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Hairless bat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Striped bush squirrel bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat bringing 175 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Large treeshrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large treeshrew:
- Greater fairy armadillo with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Eastern woodrat with a size of 21.2 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ontong Java flying fox with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Tawitawi forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Perote ground squirrel with a size of 17.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Three-striped dasyure with a size of 19.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Giant kangaroo rat with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- European ground squirrel with a size of 19.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Large treeshrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Large treeshrew: