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Variegated squirrel size: How big do they get?

How big does a Variegated squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) reaches an average size of 26.3 cm (0′ 11″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 485 grams (1.07 lbs). A Variegated squirrel has 5 babies at once. The Variegated squirrel (genus: Sciurus) 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 average adult size of a Variegated squirrel is (0' 11

The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Fifteen subspecies are recognised. It is a common squirrel and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it a “least-concern species”. Variegated squirrels kept as pets in Germany have been implicated in the transmission of a bornavirus to humans from which three people have died.

Animals of the same family as a Variegated squirrel

We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Variegated squirrel

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Variegated squirrel

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Variegated squirrel:

Animals with the same weight as a Variegated squirrel

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sciurus variegatoides: