It is hard to guess what a Smoky flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus) on average weights 251 grams (0.55 lbs).
The Smoky flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Pteromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.9 cm (0′ 10″). Usually, Smoky flying 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 smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Pteromyscus. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, and southern Thailand, but its range may be more extensive than currently mapped. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is listed as endangered because of estimated population loss of 50% in past and future, judging from extensive and rapid habitat loss.According to records of sightings from Borneo and Malaysia, the species is only rarely sighted even in primary/pristine forest, although it lives mainly in these conditions. A threat to the population is habitat loss due to lower elevational range, restricting or preventing long-distance gliding needed to maintain a large range. It eats mostly fruits, nuts, and fungi found on nocturnal forays through the trees.
Animals of the same family as a Smoky flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Japanese squirrel with a weight of 264 grams
- Nilgiri striped squirrel with a weight of 70 grams
- Layard’s palm squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Red giant flying squirrel bringing 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs) to the scale
- Black and red bush squirrel with a weight of 692 grams
- Particolored flying squirrel with a weight of 255 grams
- Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel with a weight of 227 grams
- Tufted pygmy squirrel with a weight of 24 grams
- Yucatan squirrel with a weight of 225 grams
- Yellow-throated squirrel with a weight of 803 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Smoky flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pteromyscus pulverulentus:
- Napo spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Transbaikal zokor bringing 259 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat bringing 301 grams to the scale
- Sucre spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Rodrigues flying fox bringing 256 grams to the scale
- Ceram fruit bat bringing 228 grams to the scale
- Barbary ground squirrel bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat bringing 215 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Smoky flying squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Smoky flying squirrel:
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Pygmy rabbit with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Gray four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Palawan montane squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Asian red-cheeked squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ruwenzori sun squirrel with a size of 22.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Tawitawi forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Japen rat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Busuanga squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Smoky flying squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Smoky flying squirrel: