It is hard to guess what a Cloud forest grass mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cloud forest grass mouse (Akodon torques) on average weights 39 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Cloud forest grass mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Akodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.9 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 cloud forest grass mouse (Akodon torques) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Cloud forest grass mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sandy inland mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Northern water rat with a weight of 54 grams
- Pygmy rock mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Texas mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Tanala tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Stephen’s woodrat with a weight of 149 grams
- Woodland vole with a weight of 26 grams
- Bunker’s woodrat with a weight of 375 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Cloud forest grass mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Akodon torques:
- Black mastiff bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Mexican deer mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Small Luzon forest mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- California red tree mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- White-ankled mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Red-cheeked dunnart bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Woodford’s fruit bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Mozambique thicket rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Naked-eared deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale