It is hard to guess what a Grant’s rock mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Grant’s rock mouse (Micaelamys granti) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Grant’s rock mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Micaelamys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.8 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.
Grant’s rock mouse or Grant’s rock rat (Aethomys granti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridaefound only in South Africa. It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Animals of the same family as a Grant’s rock mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Holochilus brasiliensis with a weight of 155 grams
- Zacatecan deer mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Golden Oldfield mouse with a weight of 88 grams
- Tropical vlei rat with 1 babies per litter
- New Britain water rat with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Pygmy rock mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Sooretamys with a weight of 100 grams
- One-toothed shrew mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Spotted bolo mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Distinguished Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Grant’s rock mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Micaelamys granti:
- Sclater’s golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Dark bolo mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Oyapock’s fish-eating rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Pen-tailed treeshrew bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Peruvian fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped pouched bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Desert mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Mindanao montane forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale