It is hard to guess what a Sonoma chipmunk weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Sonoma chipmunk (Tamias sonomae) on average weights 75 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Sonoma chipmunk is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Tamias). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.4 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Sonoma 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 Sonoma chipmunk (Neotamias sonomae) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northwestern California in the United States. Members of Neotamias are characterized by having 2 premolars. N. sonomae has 2 subspecies: N. s. alleni and N. s. sonomae.
Animals of the same family as a Sonoma chipmunk
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel with a weight of 175 grams
- Abert’s squirrel with a weight of 623 grams
- Spotted giant flying squirrel bringing 1.04 kilos (2.29 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-bellied marmot bringing 3.71 kilos (8.18 lbs) to the scale
- Red-legged sun squirrel with a weight of 333 grams
- Palmer’s chipmunk with a weight of 60 grams
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a weight of 45 grams
- Shrew-faced squirrel with a weight of 230 grams
- Busuanga squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- JunÃn red squirrel with a weight of 482 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Sonoma chipmunk
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tamias sonomae:
- Crete spiny mouse bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Angular hocicudo bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Natal multimammate mouse bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Patagonian chinchilla mouse bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Big deer mouse bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Abyssinian grass rat bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Fringed fruit-eating bat bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Robinson’s mouse opossum bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Stolzmann’s crab-eating rat bringing 84 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Sonoma chipmunk
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Sonoma chipmunk:
- Mindoro climbing rat with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Voalavoanala with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- South African pouched mouse with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Western rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Zempoaltépec vole with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hastings River mouse with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Long-eared chipmunk with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- California vole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Temminck’s striped mouse with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Red-tailed chipmunk with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Sonoma chipmunk
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Sonoma chipmunk: