It is hard to guess what a Ribboned rope squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) on average weights 141 grams (0.31 lbs).
The Ribboned rope squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Funisciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.7 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Ribboned rope squirrels 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 ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Ribboned rope squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- White-tailed antelope squirrel with a weight of 104 grams
- Javanese flying squirrel with a weight of 156 grams
- Santander dwarf squirrel with a weight of 99 grams
- Slender squirrel with a weight of 74 grams
- Green bush squirrel with a weight of 100 grams
- Low’s squirrel with a weight of 85 grams
- Uinta chipmunk with a weight of 51 grams
- Mountain ground squirrel with a weight of 625 grams
- Philippine pygmy squirrel with a weight of 27 grams
- Northern flying squirrel with a weight of 138 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ribboned rope squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Funisciurus lemniscatus:
- Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Owl’s spiny rat bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Beaufort’s naked-backed fruit bat bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Savanna gerbil bringing 121 grams to the scale
- Ricefield rat bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Creek groove-toothed swamp rat bringing 121 grams to the scale
- Siberian flying squirrel bringing 143 grams to the scale
- Bolivian chinchilla rat bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Baird’s pocket gopher bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Haig’s tuco-tuco bringing 164 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Ribboned rope squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ribboned rope squirrel:
- Richmond’s squirrel with a size of 19.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Dwarf flying fox with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Franquet’s epauletted fruit bat with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Patagonian opossum with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Plateau pika with a size of 17 cm (0′ 7″)
- Sado mole with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Botta’s pocket gopher with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Large treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Gray tree rat with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Egyptian fruit bat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ribboned rope squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ribboned rope squirrel: