How many baby Spermophilus relictuss are in a litter?
A Spermophilus relictus (Spermophilus relictus) usually gives birth to around 4 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 11 grams (0.02 lbs) and measure 5.2 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Sciuridae family (genus: Spermophilus). An adult Spermophilus relictus grows up to a size of 17.9 cm (0′ 8″).
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.
Spermophilus relictus is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. It is sometimes called the relict ground squirrel or the Tien Shan ground squirrel, a name also used for Spermophilus ralli, which is sometimes considered the same species.
Other animals of the family Sciuridae
Spermophilus relictus is a member of the Sciuridae, as are these animals:
- Sierra Madre ground squirrel with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Palawan montane squirrel raching a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel weighting around 1.16 kilograms (2.56 lbs)
- Swynnerton’s bush squirrel weighting only 675 grams
- Ear-spot squirrel with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Swinhoe’s striped squirrel with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Sculptor squirrel raching a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel raching a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Abert’s squirrel with 3 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Spermophilus relictus
Those animals also give birth to 4 babies at once:
- Dark bolo mouse
- Western harvest mouse
- Tarbagan marmot
- North African gerbil
- Spinifex hopping mouse
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec
- Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse
- Desert pygmy mouse
- Culpeo
- Dsinezumi shrew
Animals with the same weight as a Spermophilus relictus
What other animals weight around 600 grams (1.32 lbs)?
- Angolan kusimanse weighting 700 grams
- Seychelles fruit bat weighting 491 grams
- Rakali weighting 626 grams
- Giant tree-rat weighting 584 grams
- Chiriqui pocket gopher weighting 650 grams
- Superagüi lion tamarin weighting 605 grams
- Mexican fox squirrel weighting 697 grams
- Central Texas pocket gopher weighting 599 grams
- Musky rat-kangaroo weighting 535 grams
- Grey-headed flying fox weighting 702 grams