It is hard to guess what a Zanzibar bushbaby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Zanzibar bushbaby (Galago zanzibaricus) on average weights 147 grams (0.32 lbs).
The Zanzibar bushbaby is from the family Galagidae (genus: Galago). It is usually born with about 14 grams (0.03 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.7 cm (1′ 6″). 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 Galagidae family:
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a weight of 66 grams
- Thomas’s bushbaby with a weight of 117 grams
- Silvery greater galago bringing 1.58 kilos (3.48 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Zanzibar bushbaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Galago zanzibaricus:
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Greater Egyptian jerboa bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Savanna gerbil bringing 121 grams to the scale
- Leadbeater’s possum bringing 137 grams to the scale
- Middle East blind mole-rat bringing 164 grams to the scale
- Luzon striped rat bringing 152 grams to the scale
- Dent’s vlei rat bringing 120 grams to the scale
- San Joaquin antelope squirrel bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher bringing 150 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: