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Thomas’s rope squirrel size: How big do they get?

How big does a Thomas’s rope squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Thomas’s rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) reaches an average size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 224 grams (0.49 lbs). A Thomas’s rope squirrel has 1 babies at once. The Thomas’s rope squirrel (genus: Funisciurus) 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.

Thomas’s rope squirrel or redless tree squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of “least concern”.

Animals of the same family as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Thomas’s rope squirrel:

Animals with the same litter size as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Thomas’s rope squirrel:

Animals with the same weight as a Thomas’s rope squirrel

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Funisciurus anerythrus: