It is hard to guess what a Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps) on average weights 56 grams (0.12 lbs).
The Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Dipodomys). It is usually born with about 4 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.2 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Chisel-toothed kangaroo rats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.There are 13 sub-species. Saltbush leaves are a major dietary component, requiring specialized physiology to eliminate the salt while retaining water.
Animals of the same family as a Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:
- Little desert pocket mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- California kangaroo rat with a weight of 85 grams
- Goldman’s spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 85 grams
- Phillips’s kangaroo rat with a weight of 41 grams
- Trinidad spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 69 grams
- Desert pocket mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Texas kangaroo rat with a weight of 106 grams
- California pocket mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Great Basin pocket mouse with a weight of 21 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dipodomys microps:
- Nephelomys albigularis bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Hainan gymnure bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Oxymycterus hucucha bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed gymnure bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Argentine hocicudo bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Webb’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 61 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat:
- Black-eared squirrel with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Northern short-tailed shrew with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Luzon montane forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Least chipmunk with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cactus mouse with a size of 9.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Black-tailed dasyure with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-nosed caenolestid with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Nicobar shrew with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Colorado chipmunk with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat: