Categories
Animal Size

Dune hairy-footed gerbil size: How big do they get?

How big does a Dune hairy-footed gerbil get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Dune hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis) reaches an average size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 29 grams (0.06 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 1 grams (0 lbs). A Dune hairy-footed gerbil has 4 babies at once. The Dune hairy-footed gerbil (genus: Gerbillurus) 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 dune hairy-footed gerbil, or the Namib dune gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis) is a species of gerbil found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert where it lives in loose sand among sand dunes, feeding opportunistically on arthropods, seeds and green vegetation.

Animals of the same family as a Dune hairy-footed gerbil

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Dune hairy-footed gerbil

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dune hairy-footed gerbil:

Animals with the same litter size as a Dune hairy-footed gerbil

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Dune hairy-footed gerbil:

Animals with the same weight as a Dune hairy-footed gerbil

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Gerbillurus tytonis: