It is hard to guess what a Swynnerton’s bush squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Swynnerton’s bush squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius) on average weights 675 grams (1.49 lbs).
The Swynnerton’s bush squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Paraxerus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.1 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.
Swynnerton’s bush squirrel or Svynnerton’s bush squirrel, Paraxerus vexillarius, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Swynnerton’s bush squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Red-cheeked ground squirrel with 7 babies per litter
- Sanborn’s squirrel with a weight of 136 grams
- Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel with a weight of 227 grams
- Red squirrel with a weight of 333 grams
- Central American dwarf squirrel with a weight of 87 grams
- Asian red-cheeked squirrel with a weight of 201 grams
- Northern palm squirrel with a weight of 102 grams
- Southern Amazon red squirrel with a weight of 403 grams
- Kashmir flying squirrel with a weight of 510 grams
- Cooper’s mountain squirrel with a weight of 250 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Swynnerton’s bush squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paraxerus vexillarius:
- Black-tailed prairie dog bringing 797 grams to the scale
- Javan mongoose bringing 758 grams to the scale
- Moluccan flying fox bringing 728 grams to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 620 grams to the scale
- Superagüi lion tamarin bringing 605 grams to the scale
- Namaqua slender mongoose bringing 750 grams to the scale
- Black-footed tree-rat bringing 716 grams to the scale
- Red-handed tamarin bringing 541 grams to the scale
- Atlantic bamboo rat bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale