It is hard to guess what a Squirrel glider weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) on average weights 230 grams (0.51 lbs).
The Squirrel glider is from the family Petauridae (genus: Petaurus). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.2 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Squirrel gliders 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 squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) is a nocturnal gliding possum. The squirrel glider is one of the wrist-winged gliders of the genus Petaurus.
Animals of the same family as a Squirrel glider
We found other animals of the Petauridae family:
- Leadbeater’s possum with a weight of 137 grams
- Biak glider with a weight of 90 grams
- Mahogany glider with a weight of 361 grams
- Long-fingered triok with a weight of 370 grams
- Striped possum with a weight of 413 grams
- Great-tailed triok with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Northern glider with a weight of 278 grams
- Yellow-bellied glider with a weight of 568 grams
- Tate’s triok with a weight of 252 grams
- Sugar glider with a weight of 120 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Squirrel glider
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petaurus norfolcensis:
- Colombian weasel bringing 211 grams to the scale
- Panniet naked-backed fruit bat bringing 239 grams to the scale
- Lesser mole-rat bringing 189 grams to the scale
- Northeast African mole-rat bringing 227 grams to the scale
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Arizona woodrat bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Western barred bandicoot bringing 230 grams to the scale
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum bringing 246 grams to the scale
- Mexican woodrat bringing 203 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel bringing 264 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Squirrel glider
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Squirrel glider:
- Admiralty Island cuscus
- Water buffalo
- Yellow-backed duiker
- Madagascan rousette
- Sunda flying lemur
- Coppery ringtail possum
- Southeastern pocket gopher
- Malayan civet
- Bougainville monkey-faced bat
- Bush vlei rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Squirrel glider
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Squirrel glider:
- Gray brocket with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Long-footed treeshrew with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Small Indian civet with an average maximal age of 10.5 years
- Fishing cat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Red panda with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Ground cuscus with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Beira (antelope) with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Java mouse-deer with an average maximal age of 12 years