It is hard to guess what a Altiplano grass mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Altiplano grass mouse (Akodon lutescens) on average weights 20 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Altiplano grass mouse is from the family Cricetidae (genus: Akodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.7 cm (0′ 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.
The Altiplano grass mouse (Akodon lutescens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia, and Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Altiplano grass mouse
We found other animals of the Cricetidae family:
- Juniper vole with 3 babies per litter
- Big-eared woodrat with a weight of 225 grams
- Sooretamys with a weight of 120 grams
- Sikkim mountain vole with 2 babies per litter
- Allegheny woodrat with a weight of 447 grams
- Abrothrix illuteus with a weight of 47 grams
- Abrothrix longipilis with a weight of 38 grams
- Montane grass mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- North American brown lemming with a weight of 69 grams
- Spotted bolo mouse with a weight of 37 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Altiplano grass mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Akodon lutescens:
- Long-tongued fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Striped field mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Canyon mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s spiny mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Savanna path shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Ningbing false antechinus bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Brush mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Nigerian free-tailed bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Altiplano grass mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Altiplano grass mouse:
- Mindanao shrew-rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Narrow-nosed harvest mouse with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Eastern chestnut mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Geoffroy’s rousette with a size of 10.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Monito del monte with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chiruromys lamia with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Père David’s vole with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- One-toothed shrew mouse with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Fresno kangaroo rat with a size of 9.7 cm (0′ 4″)