It is hard to guess what a Nelson’s kangaroo rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nelson’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nelsoni) on average weights 87 grams (0.19 lbs).
The Nelson’s kangaroo rat is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Dipodomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.7 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Nelson’s kangaroo rats 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.
Nelson’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae which is endemic to the central plateau of Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Nelson’s kangaroo rat
We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:
- Painted spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 43 grams
- Arizona pocket mouse with a weight of 11 grams
- Little desert pocket mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Narrow-skulled pocket mouse with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- White-eared pocket mouse with a weight of 24 grams
- Pale kangaroo mouse with a weight of 13 grams
- Panamint kangaroo rat with a weight of 37 grams
- Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 65 grams
- Trinidad spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 69 grams
- Plains pocket mouse with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nelson’s kangaroo rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dipodomys nelsoni:
- Splendid climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Indian desert jird bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Pink fairy armadillo bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Eastern chestnut mouse bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Common mole-rat bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Zygodontomys brunneus bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Oecomys superans bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Ansell’s mole-rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Nelson’s kangaroo rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Nelson’s kangaroo rat:
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Northern red-backed vole with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rough-haired golden mole with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern red-sided opossum with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Central rock rat with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Short-tailed gymnure with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mount Apo forest mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Nelson’s kangaroo rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Nelson’s kangaroo rat: