It is hard to guess what a Philippine tarsier weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) on average weights 116 grams (0.26 lbs).
The Philippine tarsier is from the family Tarsiidae (genus: Tarsius). It is usually born with about 25 grams (0.06 lbs). They can live for up to 15 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.7 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Philippine tarsiers 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 tarsier (Carlito syrichta), known locally as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, magô in Waray and mamag in Tagalog, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly on the islands of Bohol, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. It is a member of the approximately 45-million-year-old family Tarsiidae, whose name is derived from its elongated “tarsus” or ankle bone. Formerly a member of the genus Tarsius, it is now listed as the only member of the genus Carlito, a new genus named after the conservationist Carlito Pizarras.Its geographic range also includes Maripipi Island, Siargao Island, Basilan Island and Dinagat Island. Tarsiers have also been reported in Sarangani, although they may be different subspecies. It was introduced to Western biologists during the 20th century.
Animals of the same family as a Philippine tarsier
We found other animals of the Tarsiidae family:
- Horsfield’s tarsier with a weight of 114 grams
- Dian’s tarsier with a weight of 110 grams
- Pygmy tarsier with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Spectral tarsier with a weight of 166 grams
- Spectral tarsier with a weight of 168 grams
- Dian’s tarsier with a weight of 111 grams
- Sangihe tarsier with a weight of 165 grams
- Peleng tarsier with a weight of 165 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Philippine tarsier
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tarsius syrichta:
- Black-tailed tree rat bringing 125 grams to the scale
- Shaw Mayer’s brush mouse bringing 111 grams to the scale
- Guianan spear-nosed bat bringing 134 grams to the scale
- Bush vlei rat bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Sanborn’s squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum bringing 119 grams to the scale
- Green bush squirrel bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Crest-tailed mulgara bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Greater Egyptian jerboa bringing 138 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Philippine tarsier
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Philippine tarsier:
- Four-toed rice tenrec with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Shining thicket rat with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Polynesian rat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Western New Guinea mountain rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Père David’s mole with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Least chipmunk with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sepia short-tailed opossum with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Philippine tarsier
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Philippine tarsier:
- Broad-toothed mouse
- Bechstein’s bat
- Common wombat
- Pig-tailed langur
- Takin
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
- Pygmy ringtail possum
- Brown dorcopsis
- Green bush squirrel
- Harp seal
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Philippine tarsier
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Philippine tarsier:
- Mexican free-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Ring-tailed cat with an average maximal age of 16.5 years
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Allied rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Hamlyn’s monkey with an average maximal age of 13.5 years
- Cape grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Common bent-wing bat with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Water deer with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Blue duiker with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Common marmoset with an average maximal age of 16.75 years