How big does a Tropical ground squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Tropical ground squirrel (Spermophilus adocetus) reaches an average size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 155 grams (0.34 lbs). The Tropical ground squirrel (genus: Spermophilus) 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 tropical ground squirrel (Notocitellus adocetus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. At one time the species was originally described as Spermophilus adocetus, but the genus Spermophilus was revised and subdivided in 2009 and it was placed in the genus Notocitellus. It is endemic to arid upland areas and deciduous woodland in Mexico. It is locally referred to as Cuinique.
Animals of the same family as a Tropical ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Menzbier’s marmot with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Spermophilus relictus with 4 babies per litter
- Red-tailed chipmunk with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Speckled ground squirrel with 5 babies per litter
- Richmond’s squirrel with a size of 19.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Davao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Slender squirrel with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mindanao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Temminck’s flying squirrel with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Tropical ground squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tropical ground squirrel:
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 16.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Madagascan fruit bat with a size of 20.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Greater tree mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Samar squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same weight as a Tropical ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus adocetus:
- Sanborn’s squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Lowland streaked tenrec bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Talas tuco-tuco bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat bringing 125 grams to the scale
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Dusky field rat bringing 157 grams to the scale
- Gambian epauletted fruit bat bringing 131 grams to the scale
- Harris’s antelope squirrel bringing 127 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Large treeshrew bringing 182 grams to the scale