It is hard to guess what a Gerbil mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gerbil mouse (Malacothrix typica) on average weights 17 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Gerbil mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Malacothrix). It is usually born with about 1 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 59.5 cm (2′ 0″). On average, Gerbil mouses can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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 gerbil mouse or long-eared mouse (Malacothrix typica) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and temperate deserts.
Animals of the same family as a Gerbil mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- European water vole with a weight of 120 grams
- Notiomys with a weight of 21 grams
- White-tailed antsangy with a weight of 205 grams
- Philippine forest rat with a weight of 253 grams
- Grant’s rock mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Sand-colored soft-furred rat with 2 babies per litter
- Akodon sylvanus with a weight of 39 grams
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat with a weight of 62 grams
- Pale leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 102 grams
- Oecomys superans with a weight of 73 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Gerbil mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Malacothrix typica:
- Great bent-winged bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Northern ghost bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Hairy yellow-shouldered bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Sinaloan pocket mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Pond bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Drylands vesper mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Pocketed free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Monte gerbil mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec bringing 18 grams to the scale
- White-bellied yellow bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Gerbil mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Gerbil mouse: