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How old does a Northern pocket gopher get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Northern pocket gopher reaches?

An adult Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) usually gets as old as 3.75 years.

Northern pocket gophers are around 19 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 3 grams (0.01 lbs) and measure 36.8 cm (1′ 3″). As a member of the Geomyidae family (genus: Thomomys), a Northern pocket gopher caries out around 4 little ones per pregnancy, which happens around 1 times a year. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

A Northern pocket gopher gets as old as 3.75 years

The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) was first described in writing by Lewis and Clark, who encountered it on April 9, 1805 at the mouth of the Knife River in what is now North Dakota. These animals are often rich brown or yellowish brown, but also grayish or closely approaching local soil color and have white markings under the chin. They also weigh less than a quarter of a pound (110 grams).Their habitat consists usually of good soil in meadows or along streams; most often in mountains, but also in lowlands.A special note about the northern pocket gopher is that it rarely appears above ground; when it does, it rarely ventures more than 2.5 feet from a burrow entrance. Underground, however, they often have tunnels that extend hundreds of feet where they live, store food and mate.[1]

Animals of the same family as a Northern pocket gopher

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Geomyidae):

Animals that reach the same age as Northern pocket gopher

With an average age of 3.75 years, Northern pocket gopher are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Northern pocket gopher

The same number of babies at once (4) are born by:

Weighting as much as Northern pocket gopher

A fully grown Northern pocket gopher reaches around 105 grams (0.23 lbs). So do these animals:

Animals as big as a Northern pocket gopher

Those animals grow as big as a Northern pocket gopher: