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Harris’s antelope squirrel size: How big do they get?

How big does a Harris’s antelope squirrel get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Harris’s antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) reaches an average size of 16 cm (0′ 7″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 127 grams (0.28 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 3 grams (0.01 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Harris’s antelope squirrels have 6 babies about 1 times per year. The Harris’s antelope squirrel (genus: Ammospermophilus) is a member of the family Sciuridae.

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.

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Harris’s antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and in Sonora in Mexico. They are adapted to hot weather conditions including a technique called “heat dumping”. They have a wide-ranging diet, including both vegetation, insects, small rodents and carrion.

Animals of the same family as a Harris’s antelope squirrel

We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Harris’s antelope squirrel

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Harris’s antelope squirrel

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Harris’s antelope squirrel:

Animals with the same weight as a Harris’s antelope squirrel

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ammospermophilus harrisii: