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How much does a Northern pika weight?

It is hard to guess what a Northern pika weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea) on average weights 120 grams (0.26 lbs).

The Northern pika is from the family Ochotonidae (genus: Ochotona). It is usually born with about 9 grams (0.02 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Northern pikas 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 average adult weight of a Northern pika is 120 grams (0.26 lbs)

The northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea) also known as the Japanese guinea pig is a species of pika found across mountainous regions of northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria and northern Korea. An adult northern pika has a body length of 12.5–18.5 centimeters (4.9–7.3 in), and a tail of 0.5–1.2 centimeters (0.20–0.47 in). The pika sheds its fur twice annually, bearing a reddish-brown coat in the summer and grayish-brown coat in winter. It feeds on various plant material and makes “hay piles” for winter use.

Animals of the same family as a Northern pika

We found other animals of the Ochotonidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Northern pika

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ochotona hyperborea:

Animals with the same size as a Northern pika

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern pika:

Animals with the same litter size as a Northern pika

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Northern pika: