How big does a Greater Egyptian gerbil get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Greater Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus pyramidum) reaches an average size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 8.17 years, they grow from 2 grams (0 lbs) to 42 grams (0.09 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Greater Egyptian gerbils have 3 babies about 5 times per year. The Greater Egyptian gerbil (genus: Gerbillus) 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 greater Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus pyramidum) is a small rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to northern Africa where it inhabits sandy deserts, semi-arid areas and oases. It is a common species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Greater Egyptian gerbil
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Northwestern deer mouse with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- North African gerbil with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Phillips’s gerbil with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Cairo spiny mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Tres MarĂas Island mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Guinean gerbil with a weight of 103 grams
- Temminck’s mouse with a size of 6.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Crete spiny mouse with a weight of 62 grams
- Oyapock’s fish-eating rat with a weight of 47 grams
Animals with the same size as a Greater Egyptian gerbil
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater Egyptian gerbil:
- Steppe lemming with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Red-cheeked dunnart with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bailey’s pocket mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Star-nosed mole with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Stirton’s deer mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Neotropical pygmy squirrel with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Angolan rousette with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Edwards’s long-tailed giant rat with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater Egyptian gerbil
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Greater Egyptian gerbil:
- Columbian ground squirrel
- Trowbridge’s shrew
- Masked white-tailed rat
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat
- Plains pocket gopher
- Salt marsh harvest mouse
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew
- Dusky caenolestid
- Abrothrix longipilis
- Raccoon
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater Egyptian gerbil
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater Egyptian gerbil:
- White-footed sportive lemur with an average maximal age of 8.58 years
- North African hedgehog with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Indian gerbil with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Northern bettong with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Florida mouse with an average maximal age of 7.33 years
- Sarcophilus laniarius with an average maximal age of 8.17 years
- Barbary ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Feathertail glider with an average maximal age of 7.17 years
- Red-flanked duiker with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Red-tailed chipmunk with an average maximal age of 8 years
Animals with the same weight as a Greater Egyptian gerbil
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Gerbillus pyramidum:
- Tschudi’s slender opossum bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Aztec mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Typical striped grass mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- California mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Pousargues African fat mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Fawn hopping mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale