How big does a Yellow-necked mouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) reaches an average size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 4 years, they grow from 2 grams (0 lbs) to 31 grams (0.07 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Yellow-necked mouses have 5 babies about 3 times per year. The Yellow-necked mouse (genus: Apodemus) 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.
The yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a separate species in 1894. It differs in its band of yellow fur around the neck and in having slightly larger ears and usually being slightly larger overall. Around 100 mm in length, it can climb trees and sometimes overwinters in houses. It is found mostly in mountainous areas of southern Europe, but extends north into parts of Scandinavia and Britain. It facilitates the spread of tick-borne encephalitis to humans and is a reservoir species for the Dobrava virus, a hantavirus that is responsible for causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Animals of the same family as a Yellow-necked mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oecomys bicolor with 2 babies per litter
- House mouse with 5 babies per litter
- Midday jird with 5 babies per litter
- Mexican harvest mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Stella wood mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dollman’s tree mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Mexican volcano mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sulawesi giant rat with a weight of 325 grams
- Natal multimammate mouse with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Yellow-necked mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Yellow-necked mouse:
- Silver mountain vole with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Alpine chipmunk with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Red-tailed phascogale with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Meadow jumping mouse with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Pousargues African fat mouse with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Djoongari with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Pteropus brunneus with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Peromyscus maniculatus with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Golden mouse with a size of 9.2 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Yellow-necked mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Yellow-necked mouse:
- Lesser hairy-footed dunnart
- Northern red-backed vole
- Long-tailed pocket mouse
- Sandhill dunnart
- Javan warty pig
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse
- Small vesper mouse
- Speckled ground squirrel
- Dalton’s mouse
- Fringe-tailed gerbil
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Yellow-necked mouse
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Yellow-necked mouse:
- Small Japanese mole with an average maximal age of 3.5 years
- Sminthopsis laniger with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Lesser bamboo rat with an average maximal age of 3.67 years
- Gray tree rat with an average maximal age of 3.75 years
- Field vole with an average maximal age of 3.25 years
- Botta’s pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 4.5 years
- Forest dormouse with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Common planigale with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Lesser mole-rat with an average maximal age of 4.5 years
- Günther’s vole with an average maximal age of 3.83 years
Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-necked mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Apodemus flavicollis:
- Rudd’s mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Anderson’s gerbil bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Crafty vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Schreber’s yellow bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Olive montane mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Soft grass mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Sandhill dunnart bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Eastern heather vole bringing 27 grams to the scale