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How much does a Thomas’s rope squirrel weight?

It is hard to guess what a Thomas’s rope squirrel weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Thomas’s rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) on average weights 224 grams (0.49 lbs).

The Thomas’s rope squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Funisciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.4 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Thomas’s rope 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.

Thomas’s rope squirrel or redless tree squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of “least concern”.

Animals of the same family as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Funisciurus anerythrus:

Animals with the same size as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Thomas’s rope squirrel:

Animals with the same litter size as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Thomas’s rope squirrel: