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Spinifex hopping mouse size: How big do they get?

How big does a Spinifex hopping mouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis) reaches an average size of 10 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 5.17 years, they grow from 2 grams (0 lbs) to 32 grams (0.07 lbs). A Spinifex hopping mouse has 4 babies at once. The Spinifex hopping mouse (genus: Notomys) 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 average adult size of a Spinifex hopping mouse is  (0' 4

The spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis), also known as the tarkawara or tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga and melaleuca flats.The population fluctuates greatly: in normal years it is sparsely distributed and probably confined to sandy country; after rain the population explodes and spreads to other types of habitat for a time. They are mostly seen at night, bounding across open ground on their large hind feet, with tails extended and the body almost horizontal. As semi-fossorial, burrowing surface foragers, the tiny hopping mice spend a great deal of energy not just foraging for food, but also transporting it back to their burrows. In fact, it was found that the total energy spent on transporting food in relation to energy investment on burrows far outweighed any other similar type of species (White, 2006).

Animals of the same family as a Spinifex hopping mouse

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Spinifex hopping mouse

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Spinifex hopping mouse

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

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Spinifex hopping mouse

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Spinifex hopping mouse:

Animals with the same weight as a Spinifex hopping mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Notomys alexis: