It is hard to guess what a Definitive leaf-eared mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Definitive leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis definitus) on average weights 89 grams (0.2 lbs).
The Definitive leaf-eared mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Phyllotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.5 cm (0′ 5″).
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 definitive leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis definitus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in west central Peru, in rocky and shrub-covered areas at elevations between 2600 and 3000 m.
Animals of the same family as a Definitive leaf-eared mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Broad-toothed mouse with a weight of 129 grams
- Guadalcanal rat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Mesquite mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Southern grasshopper mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Gray tree rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat with a weight of 148 grams
- Andean mouse with a weight of 69 grams
- Handleyomys chapmani with a weight of 49 grams
- European water vole with a weight of 120 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Definitive leaf-eared mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phyllotis definitus:
- Roman mole bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Harrington’s rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- African grass rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Kaiser’s rock rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Hairy-eared dwarf lemur bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Guinean gerbil bringing 103 grams to the scale
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Diminutive woodrat bringing 80 grams to the scale
- Hastings River mouse bringing 95 grams to the scale