It is hard to guess what a Northern sportive lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) on average weights 760 grams (1.68 lbs).
The Northern sportive lemur is from the family Megaladapidae (genus: Lepilemur). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 28 cm (1′ 0″). On average, Northern sportive lemurs can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis), also known as the Sahafary sportive lemur or northern weasel lemur, is a species of lemur in the family Lepilemuridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. As a result of severe ecological and human pressures, the lemur is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) by the IUCN Red List, and is one of the world’s most endangered primate species.
Animals of the same family as a Northern sportive lemur
We found other animals of the Megaladapidae family:
- Red-tailed sportive lemur with a weight of 763 grams
- Milne-Edwards’ sportive lemur with a weight of 822 grams
- Weasel sportive lemur with a weight of 670 grams
- Gray-backed sportive lemur with a weight of 506 grams
- White-footed sportive lemur with a weight of 600 grams
- Small-toothed sportive lemur with a weight of 955 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern sportive lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepilemur septentrionalis:
- David’s echymipera bringing 817 grams to the scale
- Bengal mongoose bringing 741 grams to the scale
- Eastern white-eared giant rat bringing 867 grams to the scale
- Mexican fox squirrel bringing 697 grams to the scale
- Northern Amazon red squirrel bringing 700 grams to the scale
- Yellow ground squirrel bringing 779 grams to the scale
- Conover’s tuco-tuco bringing 860 grams to the scale
- Variable pocket gopher bringing 615 grams to the scale
- Arctic ground squirrel bringing 747 grams to the scale
- Black-footed tree-rat bringing 716 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Northern sportive lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern sportive lemur:
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 22.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Black-tailed prairie dog with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Black jackrabbit with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Malayan weasel with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Bulmer’s fruit bat with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Arctic ground squirrel with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- White-tailed prairie dog with a size of 30.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Cape ground squirrel with a size of 24.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- White-footed rabbit-rat with a size of 25 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern sportive lemur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern sportive lemur: