It is hard to guess what a Red-nosed mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red-nosed mouse (Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos) on average weights 46 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Red-nosed mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Wiedomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.5 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Red-nosed 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 red-nosed mouse (Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos) is an arboreal rodent species endemic to Brazil. It is found in caatinga and cerrado habitat in southeast Brazil.
Animals of the same family as a Red-nosed mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Wagner’s gerbil with a weight of 27 grams
- Greater Egyptian gerbil with a weight of 42 grams
- Mexican water mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Cape short-eared gerbil with a weight of 54 grams
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil with a weight of 17 grams
- Hoffmann’s rat with 1 babies per litter
- Single-striped grass mouse with a weight of 50 grams
- Gray-tailed vole with a weight of 29 grams
- Candango mouse with a weight of 97 grams
- Olrog’s chaco mouse with a weight of 32 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Red-nosed mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos:
- Wolffsohn’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Four-toed jerboa bringing 52 grams to the scale
- European snow vole bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Hainan gymnure bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Edith’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Ivory Coast rat bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Zygodontomys brevicauda bringing 52 grams to the scale
- East African little collared fruit bat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Red-nosed mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Red-nosed mouse: