It is hard to guess what a Little ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Little ground squirrel (Spermophilus pygmaeus) on average weights 174 grams (0.38 lbs).
The Little ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Spermophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 17.9 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Little ground squirrels can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 7.
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 little ground squirrel or little souslik, (Spermophilus pygmaeus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.Its subspecies include Spermophilus pygmaeus pygmaeus, Spermophilus pygmaeus brauneri, Spermophilus pygmaeus herbicolus and Spermophilus pygmaeus mugosaricus. The Caucasian mountain ground squirrel (Spermophilus musicus) is now considered to be a separate species.
Animals of the same family as a Little ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Epixerus with a weight of 559 grams
- Javanese flying squirrel with a weight of 156 grams
- Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel bringing 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs) to the scale
- Merriam’s chipmunk with a weight of 74 grams
- Eastern chipmunk with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Texas antelope squirrel with a weight of 113 grams
- Allen’s squirrel with a weight of 465 grams
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a weight of 358 grams
- Perny’s long-nosed squirrel with a weight of 199 grams
- Red and white giant flying squirrel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Little ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus pygmaeus:
- Round-tailed ground squirrel bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Anthony’s woodrat bringing 195 grams to the scale
- Waterhouse’s swamp rat bringing 146 grams to the scale
- Peleng tarsier bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Papuan bandicoot bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Alpine pika bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Dusky field rat bringing 157 grams to the scale
- Hairless bat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Sierra Madre ground squirrel bringing 207 grams to the scale
- Tropical ground squirrel bringing 155 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Little ground squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (7) as a Little ground squirrel: