It is hard to guess what a Cape spiny mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cape spiny mouse (Acomys subspinosus) on average weights 21 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Cape spiny mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Acomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.1 cm (0′ 5″).
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 Cape spiny mouse (Acomys subspinosus) is a murid rodent found in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. They have a dorsal covering of spiny hairs with dark grey-brown coloration, and a white underbelly. The Cape Spiny Mouse has large eyes and ears and a scaly, nearly bald tail that is brittle and can break off readily either as a whole or in part if it is caught. Their total length is 17 cm, with an 8 cm tail, and they typically weigh 22g.
Animals of the same family as a Cape spiny mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Small Luzon forest mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Philippine forest rat with a weight of 253 grams
- Wood mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Fulvous harvest mouse with a weight of 11 grams
- Allen’s cotton rat with a weight of 174 grams
- Lowland brush mouse with a size of 17.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Subalpine woolly rat bringing 1.99 kilos (4.39 lbs) to the scale
- Molina’s grass mouse with a weight of 33 grams
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- African groove-toothed rat with a weight of 111 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Cape spiny mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Acomys subspinosus:
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Davies’s big-eared bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys microtis bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Javan slit-faced bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Schultz’s round-eared bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Lakeland Downs mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Lesser Asiatic yellow bat bringing 20 grams to the scale