It is hard to guess what a Altai birch mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Altai birch mouse (Sicista napaea) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Altai birch mouse is from the family Dipodidae (genus: Sicista). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.5 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Altai birch mouses can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 Altai birch mouse (Sicista napaea) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is native to Russia and Kazakhstan.
Animals of the same family as a Altai birch mouse
We found other animals of the Dipodidae family:
- Southern birch mouse with a weight of 11 grams
- Gobi jerboa with 2 babies per litter
- Tien Shan birch mouse with 4 babies per litter
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa with a weight of 60 grams
- Blanford’s jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Baluchistan pygmy jerboa with 2 babies per litter
- Severtzov’s jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Northern three-toed jerboa with a weight of 89 grams
- Comb-toed jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Lesser fat-tailed jerboa with 5 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Altai birch mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sicista napaea:
- Small mouse-tailed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Greater sac-winged bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Natal long-fingered bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Black-gilded pipistrelle bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Lander’s horseshoe bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Variegated butterfly bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Madagascar sucker-footed bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Altai birch mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Altai birch mouse: