How big does a Plantain squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) reaches an average size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 9.58 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 210 grams (0.46 lbs). A Plantain squirrel has 2 babies at once. The Plantain squirrel (genus: Callosciurus) 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 plantain squirrel, oriental squirrel or tricoloured squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand in a wide range of habitats: forests, mangroves, parks, gardens, and agricultural areas. Fruit farmers consider them to be pests.Its body is about 20–30 cm (8–12 in) long with a similar-sized tail. It is greyish/brown with a chestnut belly and a black and white stripe on the side. The genus name Callosciurus means beautiful squirrels.Its diet consists mostly of leaves and fruits, but it also eats insects and bird eggs. It is known to break open twigs that contain ant larvae to eat them. It can eat fruits much bigger than itself, such as mangoes, jackfruit, or coconuts. It is very quick and agile in trees, able to jump a few metres between trees, and rarely wanders on the ground.Kloss’s squirrel (Callosciurus albescens) is sometimes considered a subspecies.
Animals of the same family as a Plantain squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hopi chipmunk with a weight of 53 grams
- Alpine chipmunk with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Red squirrel with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Hose’s pygmy flying squirrel with a size of 7.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Amazon dwarf squirrel with a weight of 92 grams
- Tropical ground squirrel with a size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Davao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Franklin’s ground squirrel with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same size as a Plantain squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Plantain squirrel:
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Black rat with a size of 19.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Stein’s rat with a size of 17.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Tawitawi forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Davao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Koslov’s pika with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Sulawesi flying fox with a size of 20.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Pallas’s squirrel with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Plantain squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Plantain squirrel:
- Indian palm squirrel
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Desmarest’s hutia
- Highveld gerbil
- Crested servaline genet
- Cinereus ringtail possum
- Niobe’s shrew
- Red-legged sun squirrel
- Guyenne spiny rat
- American marten
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Plantain squirrel
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Plantain squirrel:
- Malagasy civet with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Crowned lemur with an average maximal age of 9.17 years
- Myotis vivesi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Common dwarf mongoose with an average maximal age of 10.92 years
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10.42 years
- Little pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 8.25 years
- Jaguarundi with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
- Mountain beaver with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Red-necked pademelon with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Leadbeater’s possum with an average maximal age of 11 years
Animals with the same weight as a Plantain squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Callosciurus notatus:
- Anthony’s woodrat bringing 195 grams to the scale
- Northeast African mole-rat bringing 227 grams to the scale
- Smoky flying squirrel bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Ruddy treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Senegal bushbaby bringing 216 grams to the scale
- Robust tuco-tuco bringing 249 grams to the scale
- Pteropus brunneus bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Afghan pika bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Banks flying fox bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Tate’s triok bringing 252 grams to the scale