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Little desert pocket mouse size: How big do they get?

How big does a Little desert pocket mouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Little desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus arenarius) reaches an average size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 23 grams (0.05 lbs). A Little desert pocket mouse has 2 babies at once. The Little desert pocket mouse (genus: Chaetodipus) is a member of the family Heteromyidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The little desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus arenarius) is a species of small rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to Baja California in Mexico.

Animals of the same family as a Little desert pocket mouse

We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Little desert pocket mouse

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Little desert pocket mouse:

Animals with the same litter size as a Little desert pocket mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Little desert pocket mouse:

Animals with the same weight as a Little desert pocket mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaetodipus arenarius: