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Mexican spiny pocket mouse size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Liomys irroratus) reaches an average size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 49 grams (0.11 lbs). A Mexican spiny pocket mouse has 4 babies at once. The Mexican spiny pocket mouse (genus: Liomys) 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 Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys irroratus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is native to Mexico and Texas in the United States where it is found in dry, scrubby habitats. The IUCN has assessed it as being of “least concern”. It was formerly placed in the genus Liomys, which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into Heteromys.

Animals of the same family as a Mexican spiny pocket mouse

We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Mexican spiny pocket mouse

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Mexican spiny pocket mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Mexican spiny pocket mouse:

Animals with the same weight as a Mexican spiny pocket mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Liomys irroratus: