It is hard to guess what a Northern palm squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) on average weights 102 grams (0.22 lbs).
The Northern palm squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Funambulus). It is usually born with about 6 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.7 cm (1′ 6″). On average, Northern palm squirrels can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) also called the five-striped palm squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Some authorities recognise two subspecies, F. p. pennantii and F. p. argentescens. It is a semi-arboreal species found in tropical and subtropical dry deciduous forest and many other rural and urban habitats. It is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Northern palm squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Lady Burton’s rope squirrel with a weight of 109 grams
- American red squirrel with a weight of 200 grams
- Franklin’s ground squirrel with a weight of 458 grams
- Red-legged sun squirrel with a weight of 333 grams
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Townsend’s ground squirrel with a weight of 207 grams
- Mexican prairie dog with a weight of 900 grams
- Layard’s palm squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Maritime striped squirrel with a weight of 66 grams
- African pygmy squirrel with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern palm squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Funambulus pennantii:
- Biak glider bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Betsileo short-tailed rat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Japanese mole bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Golden hamster bringing 98 grams to the scale
- Harrington’s rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Burrowing chinchilla mouse bringing 83 grams to the scale
- White-bellied woolly mouse opossum bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Greater spear-nosed bat bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Lesser ricefield rat bringing 104 grams to the scale
- Plains viscacha rat bringing 86 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern palm squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Northern palm squirrel: