It is hard to guess what a Smoky pocket gopher weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) on average weights 150 grams (0.33 lbs).
The Smoky pocket gopher is from the family Geomyidae (genus: Cratogeomys). 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:
- Smoky pocket gopher with a weight of 302 grams
- Southeastern pocket gopher with a weight of 201 grams
- Chiriqui pocket gopher with a weight of 650 grams
- Tropical pocket gopher with a weight of 350 grams
- Plains pocket gopher with a weight of 179 grams
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher with a weight of 150 grams
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher with a weight of 267 grams
- Giant pocket gopher with a weight of 499 grams
- Darien pocket gopher with a weight of 437 grams
- Mountain pocket gopher with a weight of 81 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 Cratogeomys fumosus:
- Bornean mountain ground squirrel bringing 130 grams to the scale
- Dusky field rat bringing 157 grams to the scale
- Alcorn’s pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Palawan spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Carpentarian rock rat bringing 123 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Isarog shrew-rat bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Common treeshrew bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Zanzibar bushbaby bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Beaufort’s naked-backed fruit bat bringing 165 grams to the scale