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Chinese dormouse size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Chinese dormouse (Dryomys sichuanensis) reaches an average size of 9.1 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 31 grams (0.07 lbs). The Chinese dormouse (genus: Dryomys) is a member of the family Myoxidae.

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 Chinese dormouse or Sichuan dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis) is a species of dormouse found in subalpine mixed forests in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Jiuzhaigou and Wanglang Nature Reserves. It is known only from two captured female specimens taken in the Wanglang Natural Reserve, and was first described by Wang Youzhi in 1985 and relisted by Corbet and Hill (1991, 1992) under a new genus as Chaetocauda sichuanensis. It is currently the only member of the genus Chaetocauda. The two specimens had head and body lengths of 90mm and 91mm and tail lengths of 92mm and 102mm, respectively. They weighed 24.5 and 36.0 g. It is nocturnal and arboreal, nesting in trees around 3 metres above the ground, and was found above an altitude of 2500m above sea level. It is classified as endangered by the IUCN as of the 2004 Red List due to its small, isolated habitat. [1]

Animals of the same family as a Chinese dormouse

We found other animals of the Myoxidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Chinese dormouse

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

Animals with the same weight as a Chinese dormouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dryomys sichuanensis: