It is hard to guess what a Hispid pocket gopher weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hispid pocket gopher (Orthogeomys hispidus) on average weights 499 grams (1.1 lbs).
The Hispid pocket gopher is from the family Geomyidae (genus: Orthogeomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.5 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Hispid pocket gophers have 1 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 hispid pocket gopher (Orthogeomys hispidus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Hispid pocket gopher
We found other animals of the Geomyidae family:
- Variable pocket gopher with a weight of 615 grams
- Knox Jones’s pocket gopher with a weight of 172 grams
- Smoky pocket gopher with a weight of 150 grams
- Underwood’s pocket gopher with a weight of 250 grams
- Tropical pocket gopher with a weight of 350 grams
- Smoky pocket gopher with a weight of 403 grams
- Merriam’s pocket gopher with a weight of 419 grams
- Mountain pocket gopher with a weight of 81 grams
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with a weight of 267 grams
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher with a weight of 150 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hispid pocket gopher
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Orthogeomys hispidus:
- Giant pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- California ground squirrel bringing 598 grams to the scale
- Epixerus bringing 559 grams to the scale
- Eastern spotted skunk bringing 568 grams to the scale
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Peruvian tuco-tuco bringing 489 grams to the scale
- JunÃn red squirrel bringing 482 grams to the scale
- Emperor tamarin bringing 409 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Hispid pocket gopher
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Hispid pocket gopher: