It is hard to guess what a Travancore flying squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) on average weights 794 grams (1.75 lbs).
The Travancore flying squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Petinomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.2 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Travancore flying squirrels have 2 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.
Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus), also known as the small flying squirrel, is a flying squirrel found in South India and Sri Lanka. Travancore flying squirrels were thought to be extinct but were rediscovered in 1989 after a gap of 100 years in Kerala. It was rediscovered in Sri Lanka after 78 years. The animals were reported only in wet and intermediate zones of the island, and had a few sightings in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
Animals of the same family as a Travancore flying squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Epixerus with a weight of 559 grams
- Andean squirrel with a weight of 803 grams
- Bolivian squirrel with a weight of 190 grams
- Townsend’s chipmunk with a weight of 79 grams
- Kashmir flying squirrel with a weight of 510 grams
- Philippine tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Indian giant flying squirrel bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel with a weight of 175 grams
- Red and white giant flying squirrel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Sculptor squirrel with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Travancore flying squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petinomys fuscocapillus:
- Western white-eared giant rat bringing 932 grams to the scale
- North African hedgehog bringing 931 grams to the scale
- Narrow-striped mongoose bringing 664 grams to the scale
- New England cottontail bringing 814 grams to the scale
- European hedgehog bringing 789 grams to the scale
- Javan mongoose bringing 758 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed sportive lemur bringing 763 grams to the scale
- Nancy Ma’s night monkey bringing 791 grams to the scale
- Northern greater galago bringing 812 grams to the scale
- Aotus infulatus bringing 800 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Travancore flying squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Travancore flying squirrel: