It is hard to guess what a Selangor pygmy flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii) on average weights 30 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Selangor pygmy flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Petaurillus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.8 cm (0′ 4″).
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 Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Malaysia where it has only been found in the State of Selangor.
Animals of the same family as a Selangor pygmy flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Layard’s palm squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Black-tailed prairie dog with a weight of 797 grams
- Menzbier’s marmot with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Xerus erythropus with a weight of 602 grams
- Mindanao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Colorado chipmunk with a weight of 57 grams
- Kashmir flying squirrel with a weight of 510 grams
- Black-eared squirrel with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- African pygmy squirrel with a weight of 16 grams
- Mexican prairie dog with a weight of 900 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Selangor pygmy flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petaurillus kinlochii:
- Cochabamba grass mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Greater mouse-eared bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Hairy-eared cerrado mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Vordermann’s flying squirrel bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Narrow-headed slender opossum bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Myotis vivesi bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Brown antechinus bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Woodford’s fruit bat bringing 30 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Selangor pygmy flying squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Selangor pygmy flying squirrel:
- Pearson’s chaco mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Ihering’s three-striped opossum with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Yellow-necked mouse with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cotton mouse with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hispid pocket mouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Great Basin pocket mouse with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Margarita Island kangaroo rat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- White-footed vole with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Triaenops rufus with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Woodland vole with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)