It is hard to guess what a Abrothrix jelskii weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Abrothrix jelskii (Chroeomys jelskii) on average weights 34 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Abrothrix jelskii is from the family Muridae (genus: Chroeomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 69 cm (2′ 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.
Abrothrix jelskii, also known as Jelski’s Altiplano mouse, Jelski’s grass mouse, or the ornate akodont, is a species of rodent in the genus Abrothrix of family Cricetidae. It is found in the altiplano habitat of the Andes from central Peru through Bolivia into northwestern Argentina. Populations classified under A. jelskii include more than one species.
Animals of the same family as a Abrothrix jelskii
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Blackish deer mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Whitehead’s spiny rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Southern vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Daphne’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Broad-toothed mouse with a weight of 125 grams
- Highveld gerbil with a weight of 89 grams
- Stein’s paramelomys with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Abrothrix jelskii
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chroeomys jelskii:
- Mexican water mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Hatt’s vesper rat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Mole-like rice tenrec bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Northern hopping mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Edith’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Forest dormouse bringing 29 grams to the scale