It is hard to guess what a Libyan jird weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Libyan jird (Meriones libycus) on average weights 91 grams (0.2 lbs).
The Libyan jird is from the family Muridae (genus: Meriones). It is usually born with about 5 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Libyan jirds have 4 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 Libyan jird (Meriones libycus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Western China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, intermittent saline lakes, hot deserts, and rural gardens.
Animals of the same family as a Libyan jird
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Dark-tailed tree rat with a weight of 71 grams
- Large Luzon forest rat with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Red spiny rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Fawn hopping mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- Cozumel harvest mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat with a weight of 138 grams
- Bunny rat with a weight of 79 grams
- Senegal gerbil with a weight of 60 grams
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bushveld gerbil with a weight of 73 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Libyan jird
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Meriones libycus:
- Long-footed water rat bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 100 grams to the scale
- San Quintin kangaroo rat bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Darling Downs hopping mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mountain rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Sloggett’s vlei rat bringing 106 grams to the scale
- Acacia rat bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Greater spear-nosed bat bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Hastings River mouse bringing 95 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Libyan jird
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Libyan jird: