How many baby Wyoming pocket gophers are in a litter?
A Wyoming pocket gopher (Thomomys clusius) usually gives birth to around 6 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 6 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 36.8 cm (1′ 3″). They are a member of the Geomyidae family (genus: Thomomys). An adult Wyoming pocket gopher grows up to a size of 19.9 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.
The Wyoming pocket gopher (Thomomys clusius) is a species of gopher that is endemic to the United States. Between 1915 and 1979, it was generally considered to be a subspecies of the northern pocket gopher.
Other animals of the family Geomyidae
Wyoming pocket gopher is a member of the Geomyidae, as are these animals:
- Townsend’s pocket gopher with 6 babies per pregnancy
- Oaxacan pocket gopher weighting only 499 grams
- Smoky pocket gopher with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Desert pocket gopher with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Smoky pocket gopher with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Northern pocket gopher with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Tropical pocket gopher with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Texas pocket gopher with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Smoky pocket gopher with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher weighting only 150 grams
Animals that share a litter size with Wyoming pocket gopher
Those animals also give birth to 6 babies at once: