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How much does a Chinese dormouse weight?

It is hard to guess what a Chinese dormouse weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Chinese dormouse (Dryomys sichuanensis) on average weights 31 grams (0.07 lbs).

The Chinese dormouse is from the family Myoxidae (genus: Dryomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.1 cm (0′ 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 Chinese dormouse or Sichuan dormouse (Chaetocauda sichuanensis) is a species of dormouse found in subalpine mixed forests in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Jiuzhaigou and Wanglang Nature Reserves. It is known only from two captured female specimens taken in the Wanglang Natural Reserve, and was first described by Wang Youzhi in 1985 and relisted by Corbet and Hill (1991, 1992) under a new genus as Chaetocauda sichuanensis. It is currently the only member of the genus Chaetocauda. The two specimens had head and body lengths of 90mm and 91mm and tail lengths of 92mm and 102mm, respectively. They weighed 24.5 and 36.0 g. It is nocturnal and arboreal, nesting in trees around 3 metres above the ground, and was found above an altitude of 2500m above sea level. It is classified as endangered by the IUCN as of the 2004 Red List due to its small, isolated habitat. [1]

Animals of the same family as a Chinese dormouse

We found other animals of the Myoxidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Chinese dormouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dryomys sichuanensis:

Animals with the same size as a Chinese dormouse

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chinese dormouse: