It is hard to guess what a Mentawai squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) on average weights 296 grams (0.65 lbs).
The Mentawai squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Callosciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.3 cm (0′ 9″).
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 Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is one of 20 or so species endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. There are three subspecies: C. m. melanogaster, C. m. mentawi, and C. m. atratus. This small isolated population is listed as “Vulnerable” by the IUCN due to habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Mentawai squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Bobak marmot with 6 babies per litter
- Travancore flying squirrel with a weight of 794 grams
- Merriam’s chipmunk with a weight of 74 grams
- Epixerus ebii wilsoni with a weight of 422 grams
- Little ground squirrel with a weight of 174 grams
- Gambian sun squirrel with a weight of 248 grams
- Four-striped ground squirrel with a weight of 180 grams
- Jungle palm squirrel with a weight of 135 grams
- Variegated squirrel with a weight of 485 grams
- Red giant flying squirrel bringing 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Mentawai squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Callosciurus melanogaster:
- Belding’s ground squirrel bringing 272 grams to the scale
- Greater stick-nest rat bringing 329 grams to the scale
- White-toothed tuco-tuco bringing 244 grams to the scale
- Golden-backed tree-rat bringing 294 grams to the scale
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher bringing 267 grams to the scale
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed giant rat bringing 349 grams to the scale
- Minca spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Rufous soft-furred spiny rat bringing 282 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mentawai squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mentawai squirrel:
- Lyle’s flying fox with a size of 23.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ladak pika with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Four-toed elephant shrew with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Hammer-headed bat with a size of 22.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Lowland ringtail possum with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Stoat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Insular flying fox with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Red-cheeked flying squirrel with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)