It is hard to guess what a Hispid pocket mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) on average weights 35 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Hispid pocket mouse is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Chaetodipus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.5 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Hispid pocket mouses can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) is a large pocket mouse native to the Great Plains region of North America. It is a member of the genus Chaetodipus.
Animals of the same family as a Hispid pocket mouse
We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:
- Desert kangaroo rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Mexican spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Pale kangaroo mouse with a weight of 13 grams
- Desmarest’s spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 73 grams
- Merriam’s pocket mouse with a weight of 6 grams
- Nelson’s pocket mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Big-eared kangaroo rat with a weight of 78 grams
- Spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Fresno kangaroo rat with a weight of 41 grams
- Long-tailed pocket mouse with a weight of 20 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hispid pocket mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaetodipus hispidus:
- Macroscelides proboscideus bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Greater false vampire bat bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Common noctule bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Luzon montane forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Brown antechinus bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Fawn hopping mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Chinese dormouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Stirton’s deer mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Cloud forest grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Hispid pocket mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hispid pocket mouse:
- Djoongari with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Red-cheeked dunnart with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Texas kangaroo rat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Palmer’s chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Heermann’s kangaroo rat with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gould’s mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Margarita Island kangaroo rat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Southern red-backed vole with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- California kangaroo rat with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hispid pocket mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Hispid pocket mouse: