It is hard to guess what a Madras treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti) on average weights 160 grams (0.35 lbs).
The Madras treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Anathana). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.51 meter (5′ 0″). Usually, Madras treeshrews have 4 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 Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti), also known as the Indian treeshrew, is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus Anathana found in the hill forests of central and southern India. The genus name is derived from the Tamil name of moongil anathaan (literally “bamboo squirrel”) and the species name is after Sir Walter Elliot of the Indian Civil Services in Madras.
Animals of the same family as a Madras treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Mindanao treeshrew with a weight of 301 grams
- Long-footed treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Large treeshrew with a weight of 182 grams
- Painted treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Horsfield’s treeshrew with 2 babies per litter
- Ruddy treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Pygmy treeshrew with a weight of 70 grams
- Slender treeshrew with a weight of 112 grams
- Pen-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 42 grams
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 50 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Madras treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Anathana ellioti:
- Haig’s tuco-tuco bringing 164 grams to the scale
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Unexpected cotton rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Tete veld aethomys bringing 133 grams to the scale
- Short-furred dasyure bringing 161 grams to the scale
- Lesser mole-rat bringing 189 grams to the scale
- Egyptian fruit bat bringing 134 grams to the scale
- Stephen’s woodrat bringing 149 grams to the scale
- Broad-toothed mouse bringing 129 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Madras treeshrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Madras treeshrew: