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How many babies does a Stella wood mouse have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Stella wood mouses are in a litter?

A Stella wood mouse (Hylomyscus stella) usually gives birth to around 3 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 29 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 1 grams (0 lbs) and measure 8.5 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Hylomyscus). An adult Stella wood mouse grows up to a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The Stella hylomyscus or Stella wood mouse (Hylomyscus stella) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Other animals of the family Muridae

Stella wood mouse is a member of the Muridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Stella wood mouse

Those animals also give birth to 3 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Stella wood mouse

What other animals weight around 19 grams (0.04 lbs)?