It is hard to guess what a Colombian forest mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Colombian forest mouse (Chilomys instans) on average weights 19 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Colombian forest mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Chilomys). 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 Colombian forest mouse (Chilomys instans) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Some authorities consider it to be the only species in the genus Chilomys, while others accept Chilomys fumeus as being a valid species, and it may form part of a species complex. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Colombian forest mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Charming thicket rat with a weight of 61 grams
- Nephelomys albigularis with a weight of 60 grams
- Tete veld aethomys with a weight of 133 grams
- Arctic lemming with a weight of 78 grams
- Turkish hamster with a weight of 198 grams
- Neacomys spinosus with a weight of 19 grams
- Heath mouse with a weight of 72 grams
- Mearns’s grasshopper mouse with a weight of 30 grams
- Mediterranean pine vole with a weight of 22 grams
- Forrest’s mouse with a weight of 23 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Colombian forest mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chilomys instans:
- Eastern shrew mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Big brown bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Moss-forest blossom bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Long-tongued nectar bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Southern grasshopper mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Northern short-tailed shrew bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Peromyscus maniculatus bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Western shrew mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale