It is hard to guess what a Spotted ground squirrel weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spotted ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) on average weights 107 grams (0.24 lbs).
The Spotted ground squirrel is from the family Sciuridae (genus: Spermophilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.5 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Spotted ground squirrels can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 6.
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 spotted ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma) is a species of ground squirrel in the rodent family Sciuridae. It is found throughout Mexico and the central and western United States. Characterized by a white spotted back, the spotted ground squirrel is one of the smallest squirrels found in North America. They are mainly herbivorous, but also eat insects. A burrowing mammal, the spotted ground squirrel will make tunnels to store its food, as well as shelter and hibernation quarters.
Animals of the same family as a Spotted ground squirrel
We found other animals of the Sciuridae family:
- Variegated squirrel with a weight of 485 grams
- Mentawai squirrel with a weight of 296 grams
- Nilgiri striped squirrel with a weight of 70 grams
- Kinabalu squirrel with a weight of 324 grams
- Bornean mountain ground squirrel with a weight of 130 grams
- Spermophilus relictus with a weight of 600 grams
- Mutable sun squirrel with a weight of 390 grams
- Red-cheeked ground squirrel with 7 babies per litter
- Olympic marmot bringing 6.3 kilos (13.89 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted giant flying squirrel bringing 1.04 kilos (2.29 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Spotted ground squirrel
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Spermophilus spilosoma:
- Dobson’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 121 grams to the scale
- Big-eared hopping mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Guinean gerbil bringing 103 grams to the scale
- Gregarious short-tailed rat bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Persian jird bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Miller’s mastiff bat bringing 98 grams to the scale
- Philippine tarsier bringing 116 grams to the scale
- Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Kowari bringing 109 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Spotted ground squirrel
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Spotted ground squirrel:
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- California mouse with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Long-tailed mouse with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Northern red-sided opossum with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Brown mouse lemur with a size of 14.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray short-tailed opossum with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Moss-forest rat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dusky slender opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Temminck’s striped mouse with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cerradomys subflavus with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Spotted ground squirrel
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (6) as a Spotted ground squirrel: