It is hard to guess what a Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) on average weights 50 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Dendrogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.5 cm (0′ 5″).
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 smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Horsfield’s treeshrew with 2 babies per litter
- Nicobar treeshrew with a weight of 170 grams
- Pen-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 42 grams
- Mindanao treeshrew with a weight of 301 grams
- Slender treeshrew with a weight of 112 grams
- Long-footed treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Ruddy treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Northern treeshrew with a weight of 200 grams
- Painted treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Palawan treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendrogale murina:
- Guajira mouse opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Jico deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Whitehead’s spiny rat bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Pale-faced bat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Bushy-tailed jird bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix illuteus bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltépec vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- El Carrizo deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Brock’s yellow-eared bat bringing 48 grams to the scale