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Namib brush-tailed gerbil size: How big do they get?

How big does a Namib brush-tailed gerbil get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Namib brush-tailed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri) reaches an average size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 38 grams (0.08 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 2 grams (0 lbs). The Namib brush-tailed gerbil (genus: Gerbillurus) is a member of the family Muridae.

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 Namib brush-tailed gerbil or Setzer’s hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri) is a species of gerbil endemic to Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are sandy and gravelly plains. It stays in its burrow by day, emerging at night to feed on arthropods, vegetable matter, and seeds.

Animals of the same family as a Namib brush-tailed gerbil

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Namib brush-tailed gerbil

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Namib brush-tailed gerbil:

Animals with the same weight as a Namib brush-tailed gerbil

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Gerbillurus setzeri: