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How much does a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse weight?

It is hard to guess what a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri) on average weights 63 grams (0.14 lbs).

The Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Heteromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.6 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouses 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.

Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where it lives in lowland semideciduous forest and thorn scrub. The species is nocturnal and terrestrial; it is solitary and strongly territorial. It is named after physician and biologist George F. Gaumer, who lived in the Yucatán from 1885 to 1929.

Animals of the same family as a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse

We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Heteromys gaumeri:

Animals with the same size as a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse:

Animals with the same litter size as a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse: