What is the brain mass (size or weight) of a hamster and of a gerbil?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 11 Mar 2003 12:58 PST

Hello Ziz,

I located the weight in grams of an average hamster brain but
unfortunately I was not able to find the same for a gerbil.

I located the brain weight for the following animals:

African giant pouched rat      
Big brown bat                
Chinchilla                   
Desert hedgehog 
Eastern American mole   
European hedgehog     
Galago   
Ground squirrel              
Guinea pig                  
Lesser short-tailed shrew    
Little brown bat             
Mole rat                     
Mouse 
Musk shrew                   
Rat 
Slow loris 
Star nosed mole              
Tenrec 
Tree shrew 
Golden hamster                       

Would any of the above brain weights be useful for you?

Thanks
Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 11 Mar 2003 18:38 PST

Hello Ziz,

Here is a dataset where you may view brain weight and body weight in
62 mammals. The brain weight of the hamster and other small animals
are included.
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/sleep

UW Faculty: Brain Facts and Figures
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html

Brain Facts
http://www.brainplace.com/bp/brainfacts/default.asp

Thanks 

Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 11 Mar 2003 18:42 PST

In the dataset the second column is the body weight and the third
column is the brain weight.
--Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by ziz-ga on 12 Mar 2003 08:28 PST

Hi,

In response to Bobbie7-ga's question, it is critical for the research
I am doing to have either the brain measurement or mass of a gerbil. 
I have a periodical title that may be of help.  I haven't been able to
locate it locally.  "The Stereotaxic Atlas of the Mongolian Gerbil
Brain," Loskota, WJ, Lomax, P., Verity, M.A.  1974.  Ann Arbor
Science, Ann Arbor, MI

Thanks for all the help!  Zizzi

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Mar 2003 09:07 PST

Zizzi,

Perhaps this may help:

The brain museum provides whole brain photographs of Mongolian gerbils
and you may be able to calculate their measurements.
http://brainmuseum.org/Specimens/rodentia/gerbil/brain/Gerbil603526clr.jpg

Thanks
--Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 12 Mar 2003 12:19 PST

In addition I sent out a couple of e-mails inquiring about the weight
of a gerbil's brain. When (if) they respond, I will let you know.

Thanks
Bobbie7

Hello ziz~

I am unable to give a complete answer, so I'm posting what I hope will
be helpful information for you in the "comments" section.

According to this site, 

://www.google.com/search?q=cache:wb4ya9TaLTYC:www.fsmq.org/filelibrary/xls/auaasmammasi.xls+%22brain+mass%22+hamster&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

The brain mass of a hamster is 1 gram.

I was unable to find the brain mass of a gerbil online.

Hope this helps some!
Kriswrite

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