It is hard to guess what a Tufted ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) on average weights 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs).
The Tufted ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Rheithrosciurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 40.6 cm (1′ 4″).
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.
The tufted ground squirrel or groove-toothed squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the sole species in the genus Rheithrosciurus. It is found only on the island of Borneo. Confirmed elements of its diet include nuts, seeds and insects, for which it has been filmed foraging on the forest floor.
Animals of the same family as a Tufted ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Yellow-pine chipmunk with a weight of 50 grams
- Little ground squirrel with a weight of 174 grams
- Striped bush squirrel with a weight of 160 grams
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a weight of 358 grams
- Perote ground squirrel with a weight of 140 grams
- Wyoming ground squirrel with a weight of 325 grams
- Variegated squirrel with a weight of 485 grams
- Western dwarf squirrel with a weight of 120 grams
- Least pygmy squirrel with a weight of 21 grams
- Richardson’s ground squirrel with a weight of 325 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tufted ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rheithrosciurus macrotis:
- Common opossum with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Southern viscacha with a weight of 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs)
- Rufous hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Sumatran striped rabbit with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
- Eastern lowland olingo with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs)
- Seven-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs)
- Servaline genet with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
- Bristle-spined rat with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tufted ground squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tufted ground squirrel:
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Tapeti with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Woodlark cuscus with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Angolan talapoin with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Common brushtail possum with a size of 47.4 cm (1′ 7″)
- Greater bilby with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Yarkand hare with a size of 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a size of 44.6 cm (1′ 6″)