How many baby Comb-toed jerboas are in a litter?
A Comb-toed jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus) usually gives birth to around 3 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 6 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 7.8 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Dipodidae family (genus: Paradipus). An adult Comb-toed jerboa grows up to a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The comb-toed jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Paradipus. It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Other animals of the family Dipodidae
Comb-toed jerboa is a member of the Dipodidae, as are these animals:
- Severtzov’s jerboa with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Mongolian five-toed jerboa with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Euphrates jerboa with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Northern three-toed jerboa with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Greater Egyptian jerboa with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Baluchistan pygmy jerboa with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Four-toed jerboa weighting only 52 grams
- Lichtenstein’s jerboa with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Pacific jumping mouse with 5 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Comb-toed jerboa
Those animals also give birth to 3 babies at once: