How big does a Southern Palawan tree squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii) reaches an average size of 21 cm (0′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Southern 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 Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Animals of the same family as a Southern Palawan tree squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Red-tailed chipmunk with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Brazilian squirrel with a size of 17.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Japanese squirrel with a weight of 264 grams
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Slender-tailed squirrel with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Siberian chipmunk with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray marmot with 5 babies per litter
- Lodgepole chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Peters’s squirrel with a size of 26.8 cm (0′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Southern 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 Southern Palawan tree squirrel:
- Lowland brush mouse with a size of 17.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Sinnamary brush-tailed rat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Mindoro striped rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mount Data shrew-rat with a size of 20.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Luzon striped rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Slender squirrel with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Japen rat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Golden hamster with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Blazed Luzon shrew-rat with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ashy-headed flying fox with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)