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Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse (Liomys salvini) reaches an average size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 42 grams (0.09 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 1 grams (0 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Salvin’s spiny pocket mouses have 3 babies about 1 times per year. The Salvin’s 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.

Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys salvini) is a small to medium-sized rodent in the family Heteromyidae. 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 Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse

We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Salvin’s 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 Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse:

Animals with the same litter size as a Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse:

Animals with the same weight as a Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse

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