It is hard to guess what a Friendly leaf-eared mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Friendly leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis amicus) on average weights 20 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Friendly leaf-eared mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Phyllotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.7 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 friendly leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis amicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Friendly leaf-eared mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Djoongari with a weight of 39 grams
- Jico deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Nephelomys levipes with a weight of 60 grams
- Kemp’s spiny mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Muskrat with a weight of 992 grams
- Pale leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 102 grams
- Chelemys macronyx with a weight of 72 grams
- Common vole with a weight of 26 grams
- Narrow-nosed harvest mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Guatemalan deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Friendly leaf-eared mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phyllotis amicus:
- Yellow golden mole bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Greater forest shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Japanese shrew mole bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Kangaroo Island dunnart bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Western false pipistrelle bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Brush mouse bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Smoky grass mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- White-collared fruit bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Visored bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Blackish grass mouse bringing 19 grams to the scale