It is hard to guess what a Greater Egyptian jerboa weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) on average weights 138 grams (0.3 lbs).
The Greater Egyptian jerboa is from the family Dipodidae (genus: Jaculus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.2 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Greater Egyptian jerboas 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 greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and is possibly extinct in the Negev Desert of Israel. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, sandy shores, and arable land.
Animals of the same family as a Greater Egyptian jerboa
We found other animals of the Dipodidae family:
- Tien Shan birch mouse with 4 babies per litter
- Comb-toed jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Northern three-toed jerboa with a weight of 89 grams
- Woodland jumping mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Baluchistan pygmy jerboa with 2 babies per litter
- Pacific jumping mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Baluchistan pygmy jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Meadow jumping mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Blanford’s jerboa with 4 babies per litter
- Severtzov’s jerboa with 3 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Greater Egyptian jerboa
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Jaculus orientalis:
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Peleng tarsier bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Javanese flying squirrel bringing 156 grams to the scale
- Masked white-tailed rat bringing 149 grams to the scale
- Egyptian fruit bat bringing 134 grams to the scale
- Common treeshrew bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Egyptian fruit bat bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Round-tailed ground squirrel bringing 148 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater Egyptian jerboa
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Greater Egyptian jerboa: