It is hard to guess what a Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse (Petromyscus monticularis) on average weights 20 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Petromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 100 cm (3′ 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 Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse (Petromyscus monticularis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It is found in Namibia and South Africa.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Animals of the same family as a Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Melanomys robustulus with a weight of 53 grams
- Anderson’s gerbil with a weight of 31 grams
- Edwards’s long-tailed giant rat with a weight of 304 grams
- Friendly leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Dressy Oldfield mouse with a weight of 76 grams
- Small vesper mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Atlantic Forest climbing mouse with a weight of 100 grams
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens with a weight of 25 grams
- White-footed vole with a weight of 23 grams
- Broad-toothed mouse with a weight of 129 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petromyscus monticularis:
- Shaggy bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Gilbert’s dunnart bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Davis’s round-eared bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Chinese shrew mole bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Brown tent-making bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Velvety fruit-eating bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Canyon mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Schultz’s round-eared bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Brazilian big-eyed bat bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Sandstone false antechinus bringing 23 grams to the scale