It is hard to guess what a Tate’s triok weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tate’s triok (Dactylopsila tatei) on average weights 252 grams (0.56 lbs).
The Tate’s triok is from the family Petauridae (genus: Dactylopsila). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.5 cm (0′ 10″).
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.
Tate’s triok, also known as the Fergusson Island striped possum (Dactylopsila tatei), is a species of marsupial in the family Petauridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Animals of the same family as a Tate’s triok
We found other animals of the Petauridae family:
- Squirrel glider with a weight of 230 grams
- Biak glider with a weight of 90 grams
- Long-fingered triok with a weight of 370 grams
- Northern glider with a weight of 278 grams
- Mahogany glider with a weight of 361 grams
- Great-tailed triok with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Leadbeater’s possum with a weight of 137 grams
- Yellow-bellied glider with a weight of 568 grams
- Striped possum with a weight of 413 grams
- Sugar glider with a weight of 120 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tate’s triok
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dactylopsila tatei:
- Thomas’s rope squirrel bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Sierra Madre ground squirrel bringing 207 grams to the scale
- Tumbala climbing rat bringing 280 grams to the scale
- Carruther’s mountain squirrel bringing 277 grams to the scale
- Pseudocheirus schlegeli bringing 256 grams to the scale
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- White-tailed antsangy bringing 205 grams to the scale
- Mexican woodrat bringing 203 grams to the scale
- Cooper’s mountain squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Pteropus temmincki bringing 250 grams to the scale