It is hard to guess what a Zanzibar bushbaby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Zanzibar bushbaby (Galagoides zanzibaricus) on average weights 148 grams (0.33 lbs).
The Zanzibar bushbaby is from the family Galagonidae (genus: Galagoides). It is usually born with about 14 grams (0.03 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Zanzibar bushbabys can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 Zanzibar bushbaby, Matundu dwarf galago, Udzungwa bushbaby, or Zanzibar galago (Paragalago zanzibaricus) is a primate of the family Galagidae. An adult typically weighs 150 grams (5.3 oz), its head-body length is 14 to 15 centimetres (5.5 to 5.9 in) and its tail is between 12 and 15 centimetres (4.7 and 5.9 in) long. Like other species of galagos, its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, and tree gums.It is the most widespread and abundant bushbaby in the coastal forests of Tanzania. It is thought to prefer the mid to high canopy of tropical coastal forest, submontane and lowland tropical forest. It has one or two young per year.There are two subspecies of this bushbaby:P. z. zanzibaricus, from ZanzibarP. z. udzungwensis, from mainland Tanzania
Animals of the same family as a Zanzibar bushbaby
We found other animals of the Galagonidae family:
- Brown greater galago bringing 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs) to the scale
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a weight of 67 grams
- Northern needle-clawed bushbaby with a weight of 278 grams
- Senegal bushbaby with a weight of 216 grams
- Northern greater galago with a weight of 812 grams
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby with a weight of 296 grams
- Mohol bushbaby with a weight of 193 grams
- Dusky bushbaby with a weight of 213 grams
- Somali bushbaby with a weight of 250 grams
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby with a weight of 268 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Zanzibar bushbaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Galagoides zanzibaricus:
- Attwater’s pocket gopher bringing 144 grams to the scale
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat bringing 125 grams to the scale
- Dobson’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Mountain spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Maxomys baeodon bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Leadbeater’s possum bringing 137 grams to the scale
- Ruddy treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Mountain viscacha rat bringing 124 grams to the scale
- Hairless bat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- European water vole bringing 120 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Zanzibar bushbaby
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Zanzibar bushbaby: