It is hard to guess what a Temminck’s flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Temminck’s flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus) on average weights 43 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Temminck’s flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Petinomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.8 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Temminck’s 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.
Temminck’s flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
Animals of the same family as a Temminck’s flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Round-tailed ground squirrel with a weight of 148 grams
- Spotted ground squirrel with a weight of 107 grams
- Vancouver Island marmot bringing 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs) to the scale
- Central American dwarf squirrel with a weight of 87 grams
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel with a weight of 300 grams
- Long-clawed ground squirrel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Philippine tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Red-cheeked flying squirrel with a weight of 118 grams
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Hoary marmot bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Temminck’s flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petinomys setosus:
- Hatt’s vesper rat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Medje free-tailed bat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Minor epauletted fruit bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Winkelmann’s mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Wagner’s bonneted bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Great evening bat bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Gould’s mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Chiruromys lamia bringing 47 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Temminck’s flying squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Temminck’s flying squirrel:
- Yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Japanese water shrew with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Asian house shrew with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Meadow vole with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Feather-tailed possum with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Small Luzon forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Greater big-footed mouse with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sandstone false antechinus with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Tundra vole with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Spinifex hopping mouse with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Temminck’s flying squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Temminck’s flying squirrel: