It is hard to guess what a Goldman’s water mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Goldman’s water mouse (Rheomys raptor) on average weights 38 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Goldman’s water mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Rheomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 40.6 cm (1′ 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.
Rheomys raptor, also known as the Goldman’s water mouse or Goldman’s Ichthyomyine, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. This mouse is semiaquatic and its carnivorous diet includes invertebrates. The conservation status of the species is rated as “least concern” because of its sizable population and the presence of several protected areas within its range. However, deforestation and water pollution represent potential threats.
Animals of the same family as a Goldman’s water mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Northern grasshopper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Western heather vole with a weight of 25 grams
- Ladew’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Cape York rat with a weight of 200 grams
- Boehm’s gerbil with 4 babies per litter
- Paramo hocicudo with a weight of 41 grams
- Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat with 1 babies per litter
- Gracile tateril with a weight of 49 grams
- Wilson’s spiny mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- White-tailed rat with a weight of 86 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Goldman’s water mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rheomys raptor:
- Mexican deer mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Dark fruit-eating bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Mountain pygmy possum bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Little red kaluta bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Somali elephant shrew bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Akodon sylvanus bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Woosnam’s brush-furred rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Silver mountain vole bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Large Asian roundleaf bat bringing 31 grams to the scale