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Wagner’s gerbil size: How big do they get?

How big does a Wagner’s gerbil get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Wagner’s gerbil (Gerbillus dasyurus) reaches an average size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 27 grams (0.06 lbs). A Wagner’s gerbil has 3 babies at once. The Wagner’s gerbil (genus: Gerbillus) 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.

Wagner’s gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus) is distributed mainly in the Nile Delta, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.

Animals of the same family as a Wagner’s gerbil

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Wagner’s gerbil

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Wagner’s gerbil:

Animals with the same litter size as a Wagner’s gerbil

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Wagner’s gerbil:

Animals with the same weight as a Wagner’s gerbil

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Gerbillus dasyurus: