It is hard to guess what a Piute ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Piute ground squirrel (Spermophilus mollis) on average weights 165 grams (0.36 lbs).
The Piute ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Spermophilus). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.7 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Piute ground squirrels have 7 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 Piute ground squirrel (Urocitellus mollis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is endemic to the Western United States, in parts of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. It is found in the Great Basin region.
Animals of the same family as a Piute ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Gambian sun squirrel with a weight of 248 grams
- Red giant flying squirrel bringing 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs) to the scale
- Epixerus ebii wilsoni with a weight of 422 grams
- Neotropical pygmy squirrel with a weight of 34 grams
- Sierra Madre ground squirrel with a weight of 207 grams
- Brazilian squirrel with a weight of 177 grams
- Borneo black-banded squirrel with a weight of 324 grams
- Striped bush squirrel with a weight of 160 grams
- Kashmir flying squirrel with a weight of 510 grams
- Mutable sun squirrel with a weight of 390 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Piute ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus mollis:
- Holochilus brasiliensis bringing 155 grams to the scale
- Mohol bushbaby bringing 193 grams to the scale
- Mira climbing rat bringing 184 grams to the scale
- Baird’s pocket gopher bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Sangihe tarsier bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat bringing 186 grams to the scale
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat bringing 170 grams to the scale
- White-eared cotton rat bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Laminate vlei rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Piute ground squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (7) as a Piute ground squirrel: