It is hard to guess what a Panamint chipmunk weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Panamint chipmunk (Tamias panamintinus) on average weights 51 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Panamint chipmunk is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Tamias). It is usually born with about 5 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.6 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Panamint 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 Panamint chipmunk (Neotamias panamintinus) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to desert mountain areas of southeast California and southwest Nevada in the United States.It is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its broad range, prevalence, and no known major threats. The Panamint chipmunk occurs in pinyon pine-juniper woodlands in bushes, boulders, and on cliffs.Environmentally, the Panamint chipmunks are a prey species that contributes to the diets of their predators, including birds, raptors, coyotes, foxes, and bobcats.
Animals of the same family as a Panamint chipmunk
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Daurian ground squirrel with 5 babies per litter
- African pygmy squirrel with a weight of 16 grams
- Lodgepole chipmunk with a weight of 60 grams
- Travancore flying squirrel with a weight of 794 grams
- Samar squirrel with a weight of 225 grams
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Neotropical pygmy squirrel with a weight of 34 grams
- Jentink’s flying squirrel with a weight of 56 grams
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel with a weight of 300 grams
- Western dwarf squirrel with a weight of 120 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Panamint chipmunk
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tamias panamintinus:
- Greater big-footed mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Julia Creek dunnart bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Coast mole bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Ungava collared lemming bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Single-striped grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Yellow-sided opossum bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Typical striped grass mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Rupp’s mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Snow-footed Oldfield mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Cape elephant shrew bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Panamint chipmunk
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Panamint chipmunk:
- Spinifex hopping mouse with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Karimi’s fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Smoky mouse with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dian’s tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Durango chipmunk with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Hottentot golden mole with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow-sided opossum with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Pinheiro’s slender opossum with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Panamint chipmunk
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Panamint chipmunk: