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Attwater’s pocket gopher size: How big do they get?

How big does a Attwater’s pocket gopher get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Attwater’s pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) reaches an average size of 15.3 cm (0′ 7″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 144 grams (0.32 lbs). A Attwater’s pocket gopher has 1 babies at once. The Attwater’s pocket gopher (genus: Geomys) is a member of the family Geomyidae.

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.

Attwater’s pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Texas Coastal Bend in the southcentral United States.This species was named in honor of English naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.

Animals of the same family as a Attwater’s pocket gopher

We found other animals of the Geomyidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Attwater’s pocket gopher

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Attwater’s pocket gopher

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Attwater’s pocket gopher:

Animals with the same weight as a Attwater’s pocket gopher

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Geomys attwateri: