It is hard to guess what a Kemp’s spiny mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kemp’s spiny mouse (Acomys kempi) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Kemp’s spiny mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Acomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.48 meter (4′ 11″).
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.
Kemp’s spiny mouse (Acomys kempi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas. It is one of only two mammals, the other being Acomys percivali, which can shed its skin. In addition (and as a result), it is known to be capable of completely regenerating damaged tissue, including hair follicles, skin, sweat glands, fur and cartilage.
Animals of the same family as a Kemp’s spiny mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Fringe-tailed gerbil with a weight of 96 grams
- Western harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Vinogradov’s jird with a weight of 117 grams
- White-tailed antsangy with a weight of 205 grams
- Shining thicket rat with a weight of 50 grams
- Olive montane mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Arizona cotton rat with a weight of 198 grams
- Smoky grass mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Temminck’s striped mouse with a weight of 60 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Kemp’s spiny mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Acomys kempi:
- Zenker’s fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Kultarr bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Davies’s big-eared bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Veldkamp’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Great Basin pocket mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Woolly dormouse bringing 25 grams to the scale
- White-lined broad-nosed bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
- One-toothed shrew mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed caenolestid bringing 21 grams to the scale