It is hard to guess what a Mesquite mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mesquite mouse (Peromyscus merriami) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Mesquite mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Peromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.5 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Mesquite mouses have 3 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The mesquite mouse (Peromyscus merriami) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Mexico and in Arizona in the United States.
Animals of the same family as a Mesquite mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Tropical vlei rat with 1 babies per litter
- Chestnut climbing mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- African pygmy mouse with a weight of 6 grams
- King rat (animal) with a weight of 420 grams
- Southern bog lemming with a weight of 28 grams
- Palawan soft-furred mountain rat with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- El Dorado grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Major’s tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Prairie vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Crafty vesper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mesquite mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peromyscus merriami:
- Asian house shrew bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Grey red-backed vole bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Macroscelides proboscideus bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Four-toed rice tenrec bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Guajira mouse opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Chihuahuan mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Moss-forest rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Dusky hopping mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Aztec mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Spanish mole bringing 48 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Mesquite mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Mesquite mouse: