It is hard to guess what a Smoky pocket gopher weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Smoky pocket gopher (Pappogeomys fumosus) on average weights 150 grams (0.33 lbs).
The Smoky pocket gopher is from the family Geomyidae (genus: Pappogeomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.2 cm (0′ 8″).
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 smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico (Querétaro). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Molecular phylogenetics has revealed that this species also includes the animals formerly separated as C. gymnurus, C. neglectus, C. tylorhinus and C. zinseri.
Animals of the same family as a Smoky pocket gopher
We found other animals of the Geomyidae family:
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher with a weight of 150 grams
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with a weight of 266 grams
- Southeastern pocket gopher with a weight of 201 grams
- Botta’s pocket gopher with a weight of 123 grams
- Smoky pocket gopher with a weight of 150 grams
- Attwater’s pocket gopher with a weight of 144 grams
- Chiriqui pocket gopher with a weight of 650 grams
- Southern pocket gopher with a weight of 126 grams
- Texas pocket gopher with a weight of 397 grams
- Smoky pocket gopher with a weight of 150 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Smoky pocket gopher
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pappogeomys fumosus:
- Chilean rock rat bringing 130 grams to the scale
- Indian hedgehog bringing 171 grams to the scale
- Guam flying fox bringing 153 grams to the scale
- Egyptian fruit bat bringing 134 grams to the scale
- Hinde’s rock rat bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Dusky field rat bringing 157 grams to the scale
- American pika bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Sugar glider bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Unexpected cotton rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat bringing 125 grams to the scale