It is hard to guess what a Anderson’s gerbil weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Anderson’s gerbil (Gerbillus andersoni) on average weights 27 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Anderson’s gerbil is from the family Muridae (genus: Gerbillus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.8 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Anderson’s gerbils have 3 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Anderson’s gerbil (Gerbillus andersoni) is a species of gerbils distributed from Tunisia to Israel. Their habitats and diets are similar to other gerbils. The gestation period is 20–22 days and the average litter size is four or five. The IUCN formerly listed the junior synonym Gerbillus allenbyi as vulnerable.
Animals of the same family as a Anderson’s gerbil
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Definitive leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Zacatecan deer mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- European hamster with a weight of 429 grams
- Ryukyu mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat with a size of 37.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- True’s vole with a weight of 22 grams
- Murree vole with a weight of 52 grams
- Steppe field mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Temminck’s mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- Wagner’s gerbil with a weight of 27 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Anderson’s gerbil
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Gerbillus andersoni:
- Ratanaworabhan’s fruit bat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Andean gerbil mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Sagebrush vole bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Lesser bulldog bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed house bat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Bailey’s pocket mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Wagner’s gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Northern caenolestid bringing 31 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Anderson’s gerbil
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Anderson’s gerbil: