It is hard to guess what a Darien harvest mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Darien harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys darienensis) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Darien harvest mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Reithrodontomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.9 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Darien harvest mouses have 3 babies per litter.
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 Darien harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys darienensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Panama.
Animals of the same family as a Darien harvest mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Melanomys caliginosus with a weight of 41 grams
- Issel’s groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 60 grams
- Grey dwarf hamster with a weight of 30 grams
- Definitive leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat with a weight of 170 grams
- Gould’s mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Puna mouse with a weight of 84 grams
- Kimberley rock rat with a weight of 95 grams
- Big-eared swamp rat with a weight of 95 grams
- Northern collared lemming with a weight of 58 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Darien harvest mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Reithrodontomys darienensis:
- Bogotá grass mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Intermediate long-fingered bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Southeast Asian shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Somali shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Greater ghost bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Yellow serotine bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s fruit-eating bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Luzon shrew bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Lovat’s climbing mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Darien harvest mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Darien harvest mouse: