It is hard to guess what a Thirteen-lined ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) on average weights 175 grams (0.39 lbs).
The Thirteen-lined ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Spermophilus). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.7 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Thirteen-lined ground squirrels can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 8.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, squinney, (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.
Animals of the same family as a Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Bolivian squirrel with a weight of 190 grams
- Swynnerton’s bush squirrel with a weight of 675 grams
- Maritime striped squirrel with a weight of 66 grams
- Lunda rope squirrel with a weight of 135 grams
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a weight of 500 grams
- Arctic ground squirrel with a weight of 747 grams
- Black flying squirrel bringing 1.19 kilos (2.62 lbs) to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel with a weight of 319 grams
- White-tailed prairie dog with a weight of 964 grams
- Green bush squirrel with a weight of 100 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus tridecemlineatus:
- Talas tuco-tuco bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Zanzibar bushbaby bringing 147 grams to the scale
- Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Brazilian squirrel bringing 177 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Indian hedgehog bringing 171 grams to the scale
- Cameroon scaly-tail bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Painted treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Chacoan tuco-tuco bringing 166 grams to the scale
- White-throated woodrat bringing 208 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Thirteen-lined ground squirrel:
- Kimberley rock rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Vordermann’s flying squirrel with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Macroscelides proboscideus with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Lodgepole chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Panamanian spiny pocket mouse with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Low’s squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Shaw Mayer’s brush mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Durango chipmunk with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Siskiyou chipmunk with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (8) as a Thirteen-lined ground squirrel: