It is hard to guess what a Ecuadorian grass mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ecuadorian grass mouse (Akodon latebricola) on average weights 39 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Ecuadorian grass mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Akodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.7 cm (0′ 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.
The Ecuadorian grass mouse (Neomicroxus latebricola) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Ecuador.
Animals of the same family as a Ecuadorian grass mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Hairy-footed gerbil with a weight of 25 grams
- Western heather vole with a weight of 25 grams
- Montane wood mouse with a weight of 36 grams
- Golden Oldfield mouse with a weight of 88 grams
- Lesser small-toothed rat with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bush vlei rat with a weight of 103 grams
- Taczanowski’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Rock vole with a weight of 39 grams
- Zempoaltépec vole with a weight of 42 grams
- European water vole with a weight of 120 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ecuadorian grass mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Akodon latebricola:
- Japanese water shrew bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Spotted bolo mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Mexican volcano mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Perote mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Desert mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Edith’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Shield-faced roundleaf bat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Ruwenzori thicket rat bringing 41 grams to the scale
- White-bellied slender opossum bringing 34 grams to the scale