It is hard to guess what a Pen-tailed treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pen-tailed treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) on average weights 42 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Pen-tailed treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Ptilocercus). They can live for up to 2.67 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12 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 pen-tailed treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) is a treeshrew native to southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and some Indonesian islands.It is the only species in the genus Ptilocercus. All other treeshrew species are grouped in the family Tupaiidae.
Animals of the same family as a Pen-tailed treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Pygmy treeshrew with a weight of 70 grams
- Nicobar treeshrew with a weight of 170 grams
- Painted treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Mindanao treeshrew with a weight of 301 grams
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 50 grams
- Mountain treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Striped treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Common treeshrew with a weight of 132 grams
- Long-footed treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Horsfield’s treeshrew with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Pen-tailed treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ptilocercus lowii:
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Mole-like rice tenrec bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Northern grass mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Fawn hopping mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Montane fish-eating rat bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied caenolestid bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Western mastiff bat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Woodland thicket rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Cochabamba grass mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Pen-tailed treeshrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pen-tailed treeshrew:
- Sepia short-tailed opossum with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-eared chipmunk with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Panamanian spiny pocket mouse with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Least forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Parantechinus bilarni with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Cliff chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Common vole with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow-pine chipmunk with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Pen-tailed treeshrew
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Pen-tailed treeshrew:
- Woodland vole with an average maximal age of 2.75 years
- Monito del monte with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Fat-tailed false antechinus with an average maximal age of 3 years
- Broad-footed mole with an average maximal age of 3 years
- African pygmy mouse with an average maximal age of 3.08 years
- Eastern harvest mouse with an average maximal age of 2.17 years
- Winter white dwarf hamster with an average maximal age of 3.17 years
- Tome’s spiny rat with an average maximal age of 2.58 years
- McIlhenny’s four-eyed opossum with an average maximal age of 2.25 years
- Bicolored shrew with an average maximal age of 3 years