It is hard to guess what a Dollman’s tree mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dollman’s tree mouse (Prionomys batesi) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Dollman’s tree mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Prionomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 35.4 cm (1′ 2″).
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.
Dollman’s tree mouse (Prionomys batesi) is a poorly understood climbing mouse from Central Africa. It is unique enough that it has been placed in a genus of its own, Prionomys, since its discovery in 1910.
Animals of the same family as a Dollman’s tree mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Namaqua rock rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Garlepp’s mouse with a weight of 59 grams
- Paramo hocicudo with a weight of 41 grams
- Natal multimammate mouse with a weight of 30 grams
- Sonoran woodrat with a weight of 227 grams
- Rufous-bellied bolo mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Wilson’s spiny mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 210 grams
- Nephelomys keaysi with a weight of 58 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dollman’s tree mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Prionomys batesi:
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Micronycteris brachyotis bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Spotted-winged fruit bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Tailed tailless bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Cape horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Ozimops beccarii bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Moonshine shrew bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Cowan’s shrew tenrec bringing 12 grams to the scale
- New Guinean planigale bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Common bent-wing bat bringing 11 grams to the scale