It is hard to guess what a Ruwenzori sun squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) on average weights 291 grams (0.64 lbs).
The Ruwenzori sun squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Heliosciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.6 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Ruwenzori sun squirrels have 2 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 Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and arable land.
Animals of the same family as a Ruwenzori sun squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Washington ground squirrel with a weight of 215 grams
- Western dwarf squirrel with a weight of 120 grams
- Boehm’s bush squirrel with a weight of 70 grams
- Buller’s chipmunk with a weight of 100 grams
- Jentink’s squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel with a weight of 175 grams
- Kintampo rope squirrel with a weight of 186 grams
- Mentawai squirrel with a weight of 296 grams
- California ground squirrel with a weight of 598 grams
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel with a weight of 30 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ruwenzori sun squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Heliosciurus ruwenzorii:
- Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat bringing 301 grams to the scale
- Greater stick-nest rat bringing 329 grams to the scale
- Aldabra flying fox bringing 309 grams to the scale
- Tome’s spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Somali bushbaby bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Carruther’s mountain squirrel bringing 277 grams to the scale
- Temotu flying fox bringing 274 grams to the scale
- Rufous soft-furred spiny rat bringing 282 grams to the scale
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Chinese zokor bringing 257 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Ruwenzori sun squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ruwenzori sun squirrel:
- Northern glider with a size of 25.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Collared tuco-tuco with a size of 18.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Lowland ringtail possum with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Eastern woodrat with a size of 21.2 cm (0′ 9″)
- Highland tuco-tuco with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Russian desman with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mindanao treeshrew with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Red-handed tamarin with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Long-fingered triok with a size of 23.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Rufous elephant shrew with a size of 25 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ruwenzori sun squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Ruwenzori sun squirrel: