It is hard to guess what a Speckled ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Speckled ground squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus) on average weights 252 grams (0.56 lbs).
The Speckled ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Spermophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.5 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Speckled ground squirrels can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 5.
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 speckled ground squirrel or spotted souslik (Spermophilus suslicus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae from Eastern Europe. Spermophilus suslicus consists of three subspecies: S. s. boristhenicus, S. s. guttatus, and S. s. suslicus. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Speckled ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a weight of 358 grams
- Amazon dwarf squirrel with a weight of 92 grams
- European ground squirrel with a weight of 396 grams
- Merriam’s chipmunk with a weight of 74 grams
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel with a weight of 30 grams
- California chipmunk with a weight of 73 grams
- Mexican ground squirrel with a weight of 177 grams
- Berdmore’s ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 4.25 years
- Spermophilus relictus with a weight of 600 grams
- Grey-bellied squirrel with a weight of 265 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Speckled ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus suslicus:
- Sinnamary brush-tailed rat bringing 291 grams to the scale
- Northern glider bringing 278 grams to the scale
- Northern needle-clawed bushbaby bringing 278 grams to the scale
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel bringing 264 grams to the scale
- Stoat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Andean mountain cavy bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum bringing 246 grams to the scale
- Luzon broad-toothed rat bringing 268 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Speckled ground squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Speckled ground squirrel: