It is hard to guess what a Nicobar treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica) on average weights 170 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Nicobar treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Tupaia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.5 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 Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands where it inhabits the islands’ rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.Although previously listed as an endangered species, the Nicobar treeshrew is now commonly found in its appropriate habitats.The Nicobar treeshrew was first described by Johann Zelebor in 1868.
Animals of the same family as a Nicobar treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 50 grams
- Palawan treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Northern treeshrew with a weight of 200 grams
- Long-footed treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Ruddy treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Pen-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 42 grams
- Common treeshrew with a weight of 132 grams
- Horsfield’s treeshrew with 2 babies per litter
- Painted treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Mindanao treeshrew with a weight of 301 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nicobar treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tupaia nicobarica:
- Masked white-tailed rat bringing 149 grams to the scale
- Gray tree rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Turkish hamster bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Madras treeshrew bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Ochre mole-rat bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Guam flying fox bringing 153 grams to the scale
- Biak naked-backed fruit bat bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Palawan spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Waterhouse’s swamp rat bringing 146 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale