How big does a Ammodile get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Ammodile (Ammodillus imbellis) reaches an average size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 50 grams (0.11 lbs). The Ammodile (genus: Ammodillus) is a member of the family Muridae.
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 ammodile, walo or Somali gerbil (Ammodillus imbellis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Ammodillus. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Ammodile
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- New Holland mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Djoongari with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- African smoky mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Giluwe rat with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Tropical vlei rat with 1 babies per litter
- Tawny-bellied cotton rat with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Bower’s white-toothed rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Edwards’s long-tailed giant rat with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hylaeamys oniscus with a weight of 49 grams
Animals with the same size as a Ammodile
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ammodile:
- Chinese water shrew with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Great Basin pocket mouse with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mauritian tomb bat with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Japanese mountain mole with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- North African gerbil with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Northern gracile opossum with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Common vole with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Ammodile
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ammodillus imbellis:
- Nephelomys albigularis bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- One-striped opossum bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Arrow flying squirrel bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale