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How much does a Southern Amazon red squirrel weight?

It is hard to guess what a Southern Amazon red squirrel weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus) on average weights 403 grams (0.89 lbs).

The Southern Amazon red squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Sciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.4 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 average adult weight of a Southern Amazon red squirrel is 403 grams (0.89 lbs)

The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus), is a squirrel species from South America where it inhabits forests in much of north-western South America east of the Andes. Three subspecies are currently recognised. It is a dark red colour, or a dark brown grizzled with ochre, has whitish underparts and grows to a total length of 48 to 63 cm (19 to 25 in), including a very long tail. It spends much of its time on the ground in the undergrowth and feeds largely on nuts. Little is known of its breeding habits, but it is a sociable species, several individuals often feeding together in one tree. This squirrel faces no particular threats, has a wide range and is relatively common, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as a “least-concern species”.

Animals of the same family as a Southern Amazon red squirrel

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Animals with the same weight as a Southern Amazon red squirrel

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