It is hard to guess what a Córdoba vesper mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Córdoba vesper mouse (Calomys venustus) on average weights 49 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Córdoba vesper mouse is from the family Cricetidae (genus: Calomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.1 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 Córdoba vesper mouse or Córdoba laucha (Calomys venustus) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the area of Córdoba Province, central Argentina, where it is found in the espinal (dry lowland thorn brush and grassland).
Animals of the same family as a Córdoba vesper mouse
We found other animals of the Cricetidae family:
- Altiplano grass mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Southern big-eared mouse with a weight of 70 grams
- Lundomys with a weight of 238 grams
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- White-tipped Oldfield mouse with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Northern grass mouse with a weight of 44 grams
- Aegialomys xanthaeolus with a weight of 79 grams
- Abrothrix andinus with a weight of 24 grams
- Blyth’s vole with 1 babies per litter
- Smith’s vole with a weight of 34 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Córdoba vesper mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Calomys venustus:
- Chihuahuan mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Talazac’s shrew tenrec bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Yellow-footed antechinus bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Emilia’s short-tailed opossum bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Singing vole bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Mexican spiny pocket mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Rufous elephant shrew bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Cape short-eared gerbil bringing 54 grams to the scale