It is hard to guess what a Chinanteco deer mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chinanteco deer mouse (Habromys chinanteco) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Chinanteco deer mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Habromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.2 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Chinanteco deer mouse (Habromys chinanteco) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is endemic to—found only in Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Chinanteco deer mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- European pine vole with a weight of 17 grams
- Fossorial giant rat with a weight of 168 grams
- Persian jird with a weight of 108 grams
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Barbary striped grass mouse with a weight of 26 grams
- Greater bandicoot rat with a weight of 583 grams
- Northwestern deer mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Four-striped grass mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chinanteco deer mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Habromys chinanteco:
- Short-haired water rat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Day’s grass mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Japanese water shrew bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Fat-tailed false antechinus bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Spinifex hopping mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Spotted bolo mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- San José Island kangaroo rat bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Macmillan’s thicket rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix jelskii bringing 34 grams to the scale