It is hard to guess what a Bastard big-footed mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bastard big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi) on average weights 28 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Bastard big-footed mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Macrotarsomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Bastard big-footed mouses have 2 babies per litter.
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 bastard big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Macrotarsomys bastardi is the smallest-bodied of the three species recognized within the genus Macrotarsomys. Two subspecies have been recognized (M. b. occidentalis and M. b. bastardi) however 2004 studies did not find consistent differences between the subspecies and recommended “subspeciļ¬c epithets be abandoned for this species”.
Animals of the same family as a Bastard big-footed mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Tatra pine vole with 2 babies per litter
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat with a weight of 32 grams
- Somali pygmy gerbil with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser bamboo rat with a weight of 472 grams
- Large tree mouse with a weight of 95 grams
- Alston’s cotton rat with a weight of 55 grams
- Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Akodon spegazzinii with a weight of 28 grams
- Southern African spiny mouse with a weight of 26 grams
- Chiapan deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bastard big-footed mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macrotarsomys bastardi:
- Large slit-faced bat bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Akodon spegazzinii bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys chacoensis bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Japanese mountain mole bringing 25 grams to the scale
- European free-tailed bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Akodon budini bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Short-haired water rat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Yellow-necked mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Bastard big-footed mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bastard big-footed mouse:
- American water shrew with a size of 7.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Savanna path shrew with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Big-eared woolly bat with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Big Mexican small-eared shrew with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Sandstone false antechinus with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Taiga shrew with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Desert dormouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Margarita Island kangaroo rat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gould’s mouse with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bastard big-footed mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Bastard big-footed mouse: