It is hard to guess what a Gray-bellied tree mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris) on average weights 41 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Gray-bellied tree mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Pogonomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.8 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Gray-bellied tree mouses have 2 babies per litter.
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 gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.It is consumed by the Kalam people of Papua New Guinea, and is hunted by women who look for it in its burrows.
Animals of the same family as a Gray-bellied tree mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Soft-furred Oldfield mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 71 grams
- Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat with 1 babies per litter
- Big-headed African mole-rat with a weight of 622 grams
- Microryzomys altissimus with a weight of 13 grams
- Southern vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Oreoryzomys with a weight of 60 grams
- Highveld gerbil with a weight of 89 grams
- Cloud forest grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Holochilus chacarius with a weight of 204 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Gray-bellied tree mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pogonomys sylvestris:
- Antillean fruit-eating bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Singing vole bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Rock dormouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Panamint kangaroo rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Hairy fruit-eating bat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Red-cheeked dunnart bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Large-eared free-tailed bat bringing 34 grams to the scale
- North African elephant shrew bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Asian house shrew bringing 43 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Gray-bellied tree mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gray-bellied tree mouse:
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Aratathomas’s yellow-shouldered bat with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- White-footed vole with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tullberg’s soft-furred mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Feather-tailed possum with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Olive grass mouse with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Meadow vole with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Stirton’s deer mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Gray-bellied tree mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Gray-bellied tree mouse: