It is hard to guess what a Lodgepole chipmunk weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lodgepole chipmunk (Tamias speciosus) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Lodgepole chipmunk is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Tamias). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.5 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Lodgepole chipmunks can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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 Lodgepole chipmunk (Neotamias speciosus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in the U.S. state of California at elevations from 1,500 to 3,000 metres (4,900 to 9,800 ft). The Lodgepole chipmunk has a variety of common names including: Tahoe chipmunk, Sequoia chipmunk, Mt. Pinos chipmunk, and San Bernardino chipmunk.
Animals of the same family as a Lodgepole chipmunk
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Columbian ground squirrel with a weight of 471 grams
- Long-clawed ground squirrel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Berdmore’s ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 4.25 years
- Fire-footed rope squirrel with a weight of 243 grams
- Belding’s ground squirrel with a weight of 272 grams
- Palawan montane squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a weight of 108 grams
- Panamint chipmunk with a weight of 51 grams
- Black and red bush squirrel with a weight of 692 grams
- Uinta chipmunk with a weight of 51 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lodgepole chipmunk
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tamias speciosus:
- Southern flying squirrel bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Hottentot golden mole bringing 65 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Indian bush rat bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Arends’s golden mole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys legatus bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Crab-eating rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Pale-faced bat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Mamore arboreal rice rat bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys macconnelli bringing 62 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lodgepole chipmunk
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lodgepole chipmunk:
- Common rock rat with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hylaeamys megacephalus with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Large tree mouse with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- South African pouched mouse with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern hopping mouse with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rock vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Beach vole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Highland brush mouse with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Eastern mole with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Macroscelides proboscideus with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lodgepole chipmunk
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Lodgepole chipmunk: