It is hard to guess what a Colorado chipmunk weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Colorado chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus) on average weights 57 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Colorado chipmunk is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Tamias). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.2 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Colorado chipmunks can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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 Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus) is a species of chipmunk in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.
Animals of the same family as a Colorado chipmunk
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Arctic ground squirrel with a weight of 747 grams
- Red and white giant flying squirrel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Xerus erythropus with a weight of 602 grams
- Black and red bush squirrel with a weight of 692 grams
- JunÃn red squirrel with a weight of 482 grams
- Slender squirrel with a weight of 74 grams
- Culion tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Merriam’s chipmunk with a weight of 74 grams
- Western dwarf squirrel with a weight of 120 grams
- Sierra Madre ground squirrel with a weight of 207 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Colorado chipmunk
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tamias quadrivittatus:
- Andean caenolestid bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Gray leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys chapmani bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Northern water rat bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Highland brush mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Akodon aerosus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied climbing mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Eastern rock elephant shrew bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Michoacan deer mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Colorado chipmunk
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Colorado chipmunk:
- Slender rat with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Western rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hylaeamys megacephalus with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Glacier rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Buller’s chipmunk with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Least chipmunk with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Red rock rat with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Masked flying fox with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Djoongari with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Colorado chipmunk
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Colorado chipmunk: