It is hard to guess what a Fresno kangaroo rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides) on average weights 41 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Fresno kangaroo rat is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Dipodomys). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.7 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Fresno kangaroo rats 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 Fresno kangaroo rat or San Joaquin kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to areas within and near the San Joaquin Valley of California in the United States. Habitat destruction due to agricultural development and urbanization has put this species at risk, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as “vulnerable”.There are three subspecies of D. nitratoides:D. n. exilis (Merriam, 1894) (Fresno subspecies),D. n. nitratoides (Merriam, 1894) (Tipton subspecies),D. n. brevinasus (Grinnell, 1920) (short-nose subspecies).
Animals of the same family as a Fresno kangaroo rat
We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:
- Lined pocket mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat with a weight of 56 grams
- Desert pocket mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat with a weight of 81 grams
- Trinidad spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 69 grams
- Plains pocket mouse with a weight of 9 grams
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat with a weight of 49 grams
- Phillips’s kangaroo rat with a weight of 41 grams
- Stephens’s kangaroo rat with a weight of 68 grams
- Desmarest’s spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 73 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Fresno kangaroo rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dipodomys nitratoides:
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Woodland thicket rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Verreaux’s mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Yellow-sided opossum bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Arrow flying squirrel bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Cape elephant shrew bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Cerradomys subflavus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Himalayan water shrew bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Fresno kangaroo rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Fresno kangaroo rat:
- Mount Apo forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Winter white dwarf hamster with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hose’s pygmy flying squirrel with a size of 7.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- False water rat with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Goodwin’s broad-clawed shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Luzon montane forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bank vole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Himalayan water shrew with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chestnut tree mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Common vampire bat with a size of 7.8 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Fresno kangaroo rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Fresno kangaroo rat: