It is hard to guess what a Hairy-eared cerrado mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hairy-eared cerrado mouse (Thalpomys lasiotis) on average weights 24 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Hairy-eared cerrado mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Thalpomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 100 cm (3′ 4″).
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 hairy-eared cerrado mouse (Thalpomys lasiotis) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil.
Animals of the same family as a Hairy-eared cerrado mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Texas mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Emin’s gerbil with a weight of 52 grams
- Island mouse with a weight of 164 grams
- Père David’s vole with a weight of 19 grams
- Sooretamys with a weight of 144 grams
- Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 43 grams
- True’s vole with a weight of 22 grams
- Fossorial giant rat with a weight of 168 grams
- Peterson’s chinchilla mouse with a weight of 83 grams
- Slender harvest mouse with a weight of 12 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hairy-eared cerrado mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Thalpomys lasiotis:
- Bolivian vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Cozumel harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
- White-eared pocket mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Long-tongued fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Yellow steppe lemming bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed caenolestid bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Southern bog lemming bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Shadowy broad-nosed bat bringing 25 grams to the scale