How big does a Somali pygmy gerbil get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Somali pygmy gerbil (Microdillus peeli) reaches an average size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Somali pygmy gerbil (genus: Microdillus) 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 Somali pygmy gerbil (Microdillus peeli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Microdillus. It is found only in Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Animals of the same family as a Somali pygmy gerbil
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Giant white-tailed rat with a size of 28.3 cm (1′ 0″)
- Boehm’s gerbil with 4 babies per litter
- Bolivian vesper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Brown deer mouse with 2 babies per litter
- King rat (animal) with a size of 26 cm (0′ 11″)
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Broad-toothed mouse with a size of 16.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Oldfield mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Ilin Island cloudrunner with a size of 25.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Snow-footed Oldfield mouse with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Somali pygmy gerbil
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Somali pygmy gerbil:
- Mexican long-tongued bat with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Honey possum with a size of 7.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Bates’s shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- African pygmy squirrel with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat with a size of 5.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Asiatic short-tailed shrew with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tundra shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pale shrew tenrec with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Ghost-faced bat with a size of 6.6 cm (0′ 3″)