It is hard to guess what a Cape short-eared gerbil weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis) on average weights 54 grams (0.12 lbs).
The Cape short-eared gerbil is from the family Muridae (genus: Desmodillus). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20.3 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Cape short-eared gerbils have 2 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.
The Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodillus.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.Its natural habitats are hot deserts and temperate desert.
Animals of the same family as a Cape short-eared gerbil
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Serra do Mar grass mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Smoke-bellied rat with 4 babies per litter
- Michoacan deer mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Chinanteco deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Rümmler’s brush mouse with a weight of 29 grams
- Central rock rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Highveld gerbil with a weight of 89 grams
- Spiny Ceram rat with a weight of 306 grams
- Palawan soft-furred mountain rat with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same weight as a Cape short-eared gerbil
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Desmodillus auricularis:
- Hainan gymnure bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Siberian brown lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Darwin’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys auriventer bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Brock’s yellow-eared bat bringing 48 grams to the scale
- African wading rat bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-striped opossum bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Great roundleaf bat bringing 50 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Cape short-eared gerbil
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Cape short-eared gerbil: