It is hard to guess what a Chibchan water mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chibchan water mouse (Chibchanomys trichotis) on average weights 50 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Chibchan water mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Chibchanomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.5 cm (0′ 9″).
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 Chibchan water mouse (Chibchanomys trichotis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in the Andean highlands of Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are tropical cloud forests and streams at elevations from 2500 to 2700 m. It feeds on snails and possibly small fish.
Animals of the same family as a Chibchan water mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Desert woodrat with a weight of 144 grams
- Biting chinchilla mouse with a weight of 82 grams
- Southern pygmy mouse with a weight of 9 grams
- Patagonian chinchilla mouse with a weight of 75 grams
- Palawan spiny rat with a weight of 159 grams
- Nyika rock rat with 3 babies per litter
- European snow vole with a weight of 48 grams
- Nigerian gerbil with a weight of 29 grams
- Cotton mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Black-tailed gerbil with a weight of 123 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chibchan water mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chibchanomys trichotis:
- Taiwan vole bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Irenomys bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Dusky slender opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Moss-forest rat bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Woodland thicket rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Guatemalan deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Guajira mouse opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Alston’s cotton rat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Polynesian rat bringing 50 grams to the scale