How big does a Northern Palawan tree squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) reaches an average size of 21 cm (0′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Northern Palawan tree squirrel (genus: Sundasciurus) is a member of the family Sciuridae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Northern Palawan tree squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Perote ground squirrel with a size of 17.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mentawai three-striped squirrel with a size of 18.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Travancore flying squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Jungle palm squirrel with 2 babies per litter
- Palawan montane squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Philippine tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- African pygmy squirrel with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Bangs’s mountain squirrel with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same size as a Northern Palawan tree squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern Palawan tree squirrel:
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Mindanao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Daurian hedgehog with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Great-tailed triok with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Jentink’s squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Large Luzon forest rat with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Rufous elephant shrew with a size of 25 cm (0′ 10″)
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)