How big does a Edible dormouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Edible dormouse (Myoxus glis) reaches an average size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 9 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 128 grams (0.28 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Edible dormouses have 5 babies about 1 times per year. The Edible dormouse (genus: Myoxus) is a member of the family Myoxidae.
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 edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis, found in most of western Europe. Its name comes from the Romans, who ate them as a delicacy.
Animals of the same family as a Edible dormouse
We found other animals of the Myoxidae family:
- Spectacled dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Rock dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Christy’s dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Forest dormouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Kellen’s dormouse with 2 babies per litter
- Kellen’s dormouse with 4 babies per litter
- Woolly dormouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Kellen’s dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Lorrain dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Garden dormouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same size as a Edible dormouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Edible dormouse:
- Panniet naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Gaoligong pika with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Vordermann’s flying squirrel with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed hopping mouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Temotu flying fox with a size of 17.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Woolly mouse opossum with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- American pika with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Greater stick-nest rat with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Banks flying fox with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Edible dormouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Edible dormouse:
- Algerian mouse
- Kowari
- Alpine shrew
- Zarudny’s rock shrew
- Fringe-tailed gerbil
- Pale field rat
- Star-nosed mole
- Southern red-backed vole
- Persian jird
- Uinta ground squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Edible dormouse
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Edible dormouse:
- Grey-bellied squirrel with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Pale fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Jamaican coney with an average maximal age of 8.25 years
- Sarcophilus laniarius with an average maximal age of 8.17 years
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Long-footed potoroo with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Eastern pygmy possum with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Speke’s pectinator with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Pacarana with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
Animals with the same weight as a Edible dormouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myoxus glis:
- Rajah spiny rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Lunda rope squirrel bringing 135 grams to the scale
- Dian’s tarsier bringing 110 grams to the scale
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s giant deer mouse bringing 111 grams to the scale
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Owl’s spiny rat bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Chilean rock rat bringing 130 grams to the scale