It is hard to guess what a Long-footed treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Long-footed treeshrew (Tupaia longipes) on average weights 168 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Long-footed treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Tupaia). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.5 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Long-footed treeshrews have 1 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 long-footed treeshrew (Tupaia longipes) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae.It is endemic to Borneo and threatened due to deforestation and degradation of habitat.
Animals of the same family as a Long-footed treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Large treeshrew with a weight of 182 grams
- Mindanao treeshrew with a weight of 301 grams
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 50 grams
- Common treeshrew with a weight of 132 grams
- Nicobar treeshrew with a weight of 170 grams
- Pygmy treeshrew with a weight of 70 grams
- Madras treeshrew with a weight of 160 grams
- Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 60 grams
- Northern treeshrew with a weight of 200 grams
- Ruddy treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Long-footed treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tupaia longipes:
- Palawan treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Isarog striped shrew-rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Three-striped ground squirrel bringing 175 grams to the scale
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat bringing 186 grams to the scale
- Round-tailed ground squirrel bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Mottled tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Spectral bat bringing 171 grams to the scale
- Northern treeshrew bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Lunda rope squirrel bringing 135 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat bringing 172 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Long-footed treeshrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Long-footed treeshrew:
- Mountain spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Siberian flying squirrel with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Red-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.2 cm (0′ 9″)
- White-tailed antelope squirrel with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Baird’s pocket gopher with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
- Small sun squirrel with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ribboned rope squirrel with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Senegal bushbaby with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Whitehead’s spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Long-footed treeshrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Long-footed treeshrew:
- Snow sheep
- Patagonian mara
- Bushy-tailed mongoose
- Gray-bellied night monkey
- Gilbert’s potoroo
- Hooded seal
- European bison
- Whiptail wallaby
- Fischer’s pygmy fruit bat
- Lion-tailed macaque
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Long-footed treeshrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Long-footed treeshrew:
- White-lined broad-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10.17 years
- African wild dog with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Gray brocket with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Patagonian mara with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Banded mongoose with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Ord’s kangaroo rat with an average maximal age of 9.75 years
- Boodie with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Silver dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years