It is hard to guess what a Philippine flying lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) on average weights 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs).
The Philippine flying lemur is from the family Cynocephalidae (genus: Cynocephalus). It is usually born with about 35 grams (0.08 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 38 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Philippine flying lemurs have 1 babies per litter.
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 Philippine flying lemur or Philippine colugo (Cynocephalus volans), known locally as kagwang, is one of two species of colugo or “flying lemurs”. It is monotypic of its genus. Although called a flying lemur, it cannot fly and is not a lemur. Instead, it glides as it leaps among trees.The kagwang belongs to the order Dermoptera that contains only two species, one of which is found in the Philippines, while the other, the Sunda flying lemur, is found in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Recent research from genetic analysis suggests two other species, the Bornean flying lemur and the Javan flying lemur, may exist, as well, but they have yet to be officially classified.Both species of Dermoptera are classified under the superorder Euarchonta, which includes treeshrews and primates, as well as an extinct order of mammals, the Plesiadapiformes.
Animals of the same family as a Philippine flying lemur
We found other animals of the Cynocephalidae family:
- Sunda flying lemur bringing 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs) to the scale
- Sunda flying lemur bringing 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Philippine flying lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cynocephalus volans:
- Grizzled giant squirrel with a weight of 1.33 kilos (2.93 lbs)
- Hispaniolan hutia with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Montane guinea pig with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a weight of 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs)
- Western quoll with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Servaline genet with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Nabarlek with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Atlantic titi with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Philippine flying lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Philippine flying lemur:
- Ruddy mongoose with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Western white-eared giant rat with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Northern olingo with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Gambian pouched rat with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Alpine woolly rat with a size of 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Malagasy giant rat with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Small-toothed sportive lemur with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Hispaniolan solenodon with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Philippine flying lemur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Philippine flying lemur: