It is hard to guess what a Ruddy treeshrew weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ruddy treeshrew (Tupaia splendidula) on average weights 168 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Ruddy treeshrew is from the family Tupaiidae (genus: Tupaia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.5 cm (0′ 8″).
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 ruddy treeshrew (Tupaia splendidula) is a treeshrew species in the family Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo, the Natuna Islands and the Anambas Islands.
Animals of the same family as a Ruddy treeshrew
We found other animals of the Tupaiidae family:
- Large treeshrew with a weight of 182 grams
- Pygmy treeshrew with a weight of 70 grams
- Long-footed treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Painted treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew with a weight of 50 grams
- Striped treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Mountain treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Palawan treeshrew with a weight of 168 grams
- Northern treeshrew with a weight of 200 grams
- Madras treeshrew with a weight of 160 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ruddy treeshrew
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tupaia splendidula:
- Turkish hamster bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Jungle palm squirrel bringing 135 grams to the scale
- Long-footed treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Bridges’s degu bringing 162 grams to the scale
- Stein’s rat bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-bellied spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Bolivian chinchilla rat bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Holochilus brasiliensis bringing 155 grams to the scale
- Silvery mole-rat bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Pale field rat bringing 169 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Ruddy treeshrew
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ruddy treeshrew:
- Dusky mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed mountain rat with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Culion tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ear-spot squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Brooke’s squirrel with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Woolly mouse opossum with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mouse bandicoot with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Vinogradov’s jird with a size of 15.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Tropical ground squirrel with a size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Barbary ground squirrel with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)