It is hard to guess what a Jico deer mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Jico deer mouse (Habromys simulatus) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Jico deer mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Habromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.2 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Jico deer mouse (Habromys simulatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Jico deer mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Crafty vesper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Louise’s spiny mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Pocock’s highland rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Rosalinda’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Oligoryzomys destructor with a weight of 25 grams
- Mexican woodrat with a weight of 203 grams
- Transcaucasian mole vole with 4 babies per litter
- Boehm’s gerbil with 4 babies per litter
- Bolam’s mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Day’s grass mouse with a weight of 32 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Jico deer mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Habromys simulatus:
- Little collared fruit bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Musso’s fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- White-footed climbing mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon dog-faced bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Rupp’s mouse bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Naked-eared deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Midas free-tailed bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Olive montane mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Luzon Cordillera forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale