It is hard to guess what a Mentawai three-striped squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus) on average weights 241 grams (0.53 lbs).
The Mentawai three-striped squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Lariscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.7 cm (0′ 8″).
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 three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Mentawai three-striped squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Vancouver Island marmot bringing 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs) to the scale
- Indian giant flying squirrel bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Zanj sun squirrel with a weight of 347 grams
- Mutable sun squirrel with a weight of 390 grams
- Least chipmunk with a weight of 42 grams
- Swinhoe’s striped squirrel with 3 babies per litter
- Black and red bush squirrel with a weight of 692 grams
- Gunnison’s prairie dog with a weight of 798 grams
- Black-capped marmot with 5 babies per litter
- Round-tailed ground squirrel with a weight of 148 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mentawai three-striped squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lariscus obscurus:
- Silky anteater bringing 259 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel bringing 264 grams to the scale
- Three-striped dasyure bringing 223 grams to the scale
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Chinese zokor bringing 256 grams to the scale
- Golden angwantibo bringing 235 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Goeldi’s spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Strong tuco-tuco bringing 233 grams to the scale
- Pearson’s tuco-tuco bringing 212 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mentawai three-striped squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mentawai three-striped squirrel:
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- White-throated woodrat with a size of 17.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Asian red-cheeked squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Senegal bushbaby with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- American red squirrel with a size of 18.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Texas pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Taiga vole with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mindoro striped rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)