It is hard to guess what a Brown mouse lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) on average weights 48 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Brown mouse lemur is from the family Cheirogaleidae (genus: Microcebus). It is usually born with about 6 grams (0.01 lbs). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.3 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Brown mouse lemurs 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 brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) is a small primate, and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. They are known also as the rufous mouse lemur, eastern rufous mouse lemur, red mouse lemur, or russet mouse lemur. Its dorsal side is brown or reddish-brown, while ventrally it is a whitish-grey.It was originally considered a subspecies of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) until 1977, when it was reclassified as a separate species.The mouse lemurs are among the shortest-lived of primates. The brown mouse lemur has a lifespan of 6–8 years in the wild, although it averages 12 years under human care.It can be found in rainforests in Eastern Madagascar, and is widely distributed. It is a solitary and nocturnal creature. Brown mouse lemurs are mammals.
Animals of the same family as a Brown mouse lemur
We found other animals of the Cheirogaleidae family:
- Hairy-eared dwarf lemur with a weight of 78 grams
- Greater dwarf lemur with a weight of 447 grams
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur with a weight of 197 grams
- Gray mouse lemur with a weight of 68 grams
- Northern rufous mouse lemur with a weight of 68 grams
- Golden-brown mouse lemur with a weight of 58 grams
- Microcebus coquereli with a weight of 328 grams
- Reddish-gray mouse lemur with a weight of 70 grams
- Pygmy mouse lemur with a weight of 31 grams
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur with a weight of 326 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Brown mouse lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microcebus rufus:
- Djoongari bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Dolorous grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Northern grass mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Djoongari bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Gray slender opossum bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Gould’s mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Emilia’s short-tailed opossum bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Single-striped grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Uinta chipmunk bringing 51 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Brown mouse lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brown mouse lemur:
- Andean caenolestid with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Slender squirrel with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Maritime striped squirrel with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Tundra vole with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hainan gymnure with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Chestnut tree mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sepia short-tailed opossum with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Water vole (North America) with a size of 15.4 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Brown mouse lemur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Brown mouse lemur:
- Crested agouti
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
- Nyctophilus corbeni
- Armored rat
- Moon forest shrew
- Greater dwarf shrew
- Smith’s bush squirrel
- Deppe’s squirrel
- Lowland ringtail possum
- Antelope jackrabbit
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Brown mouse lemur
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Brown mouse lemur:
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Myotis vivesi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Thylacine with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Greater spear-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Giant otter with an average maximal age of 12.83 years
- Malayan civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Cape fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Mountain reedbuck with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 14.33 years