It is hard to guess what a Ring-tailed ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ring-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus annulatus) on average weights 500 grams (1.1 lbs).
The Ring-tailed ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Spermophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.1 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Ring-tailed ground squirrels have 3 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 ring-tailed ground squirrel (Notocitellus annulatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Pacific coast region of central Mexico. It is a common species and feeds mainly on fruits and nuts. The IUCN has assessed it as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Ring-tailed ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Fire-footed rope squirrel with a weight of 243 grams
- Basilan flying squirrel with a size of 24.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Particolored flying squirrel with a weight of 255 grams
- Hoary marmot bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Siberian flying squirrel with a weight of 143 grams
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a weight of 108 grams
- Striped bush squirrel with a weight of 160 grams
- Belding’s ground squirrel with a weight of 272 grams
- Black giant squirrel bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Speckled ground squirrel with a weight of 252 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ring-tailed ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus annulatus:
- Spermophilus relictus bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Slender mongoose bringing 530 grams to the scale
- Gray-backed sportive lemur bringing 506 grams to the scale
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Greater bandicoot rat bringing 583 grams to the scale
- Gray four-eyed opossum bringing 426 grams to the scale
- Columbian ground squirrel bringing 471 grams to the scale
- Colburn’s tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- New Guinea waterside rat bringing 526 grams to the scale
- Painted tree-rat bringing 518 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Ring-tailed ground squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ring-tailed ground squirrel:
- Black-striped squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Tropical ground squirrel with a size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Green bush squirrel with a size of 19.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Allen’s woodrat with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Great-tailed triok with a size of 22.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Mexican gray squirrel with a size of 25.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Numbat with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Sulawesi flying fox with a size of 20.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Malayan field rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ring-tailed ground squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Ring-tailed ground squirrel: