It is hard to guess what a Deroo’s mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Deroo’s mouse (Praomys derooi) on average weights 32 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Deroo’s mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Praomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.9 cm (1′ 2″). Usually, Deroo’s 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.
Deroo’s mouse or Deroo’s praomys (Praomys derooi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and urban areas.
Animals of the same family as a Deroo’s mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- White-footed climbing mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Bryant’s woodrat with a weight of 182 grams
- Gray-bellied tree mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Euryoryzomys russatus with a weight of 60 grams
- Western New Guinea mountain rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Slender harvest mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Smith’s vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Peromyscus maniculatus with a weight of 19 grams
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 71 grams
- Creeping vole with a weight of 20 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Deroo’s mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Praomys derooi:
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Koford’s grass mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Andean big-eared mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Vordermann’s flying squirrel bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Tailless fruit bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- White-throated round-eared bat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Winter white dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Northern grasshopper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Long-eared flying mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Deroo’s mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Deroo’s mouse: