It is hard to guess what a Mindanao treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mindanao treeshrew (Urogale everetti) on average weights 301 grams (0.66 lbs).
The Mindanao treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Urogale). It is usually born with about 20 grams (0.04 lbs). They can live for up to 11.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.5 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Mindanao 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 Mindanao treeshrew (Urogale everetti), also called the Philippine tree shrew, is a species of treeshrew endemic to the Mindanao region in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Urogale. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
Animals of the same family as a Mindanao treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Madras treeshrew with a weight of 160 grams
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 50 grams
- Nicobar treeshrew with a weight of 170 grams
- Pen-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 42 grams
- Striped treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Northern treeshrew with a weight of 200 grams
- Palawan treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Common treeshrew with a weight of 132 grams
- Large treeshrew with a weight of 182 grams
- Long-footed treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mindanao treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Urogale everetti:
- Tropical pocket gopher bringing 350 grams to the scale
- Desert hedgehog bringing 352 grams to the scale
- Tome’s spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Mahogany glider bringing 361 grams to the scale
- Bower’s white-toothed rat bringing 355 grams to the scale
- Emily’s tuco-tuco bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Fijian monkey-faced bat bringing 256 grams to the scale
- Red squirrel bringing 333 grams to the scale
- Golden-backed tree-rat bringing 294 grams to the scale
- Rodrigues flying fox bringing 256 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mindanao treeshrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mindanao treeshrew:
- Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Palawan spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Davao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Magellanic tuco-tuco with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Carruther’s mountain squirrel with a size of 22.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Common gundi with a size of 20.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ornate flying fox with a size of 18.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- North African hedgehog with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mindanao treeshrew
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Mindanao treeshrew:
- Lowland paca
- Four-horned antelope
- Gray dorcopsis
- South African springhare
- Indri
- Broom hare
- Spectacled hare-wallaby
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
- Mountain cuscus
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Mindanao treeshrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Mindanao treeshrew:
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Philippine porcupine with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Saiga antelope with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Grant’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 12.67 years
- Pacarana with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Agile wallaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Harnessed bushbuck with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Hispaniolan solenodon with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- Pale fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Striped possum with an average maximal age of 9.58 years