It is hard to guess what a Greater long-tailed hamster weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Greater long-tailed hamster is from the family Muridae (genus: Tscherskia). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.5 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Greater long-tailed hamsters 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 long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton) is a major crop-eating rodent that resides in Northern China. It is the only member of the genus Tscherskia. Some authorities maintain that the 15th gua of the Yi Jing (I Ching) refers repeatedly to this animal. The animal has been a major pest since ancient times and also has a habit of standing up on its rear legs and screaming loudly.The genetic diversity of Tscherskia triton has a positive correlation to population density when using microsatellite markers.
Animals of the same family as a Greater long-tailed hamster
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Red hocicudo with a weight of 82 grams
- Handleyomys alfaroi with a weight of 33 grams
- Squirrel-toothed rat with a weight of 511 grams
- Angular hocicudo with a weight of 67 grams
- Soft grass mouse with a weight of 30 grams
- Robbins’s tateril with a weight of 47 grams
- Western shrew mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Mahomet mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Stein’s paramelomys with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Central pebble-mound mouse with a weight of 12 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater long-tailed hamster
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tscherskia triton:
- Pale kangaroo mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Elliot’s short-tailed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Intermediate long-fingered bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Trefoil horseshoe bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Big-eared brown bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Pygmy short-tailed opossum bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Southern yellow bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Gould’s wattled bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater long-tailed hamster
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Greater long-tailed hamster: