It is hard to guess what a Large tree mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large tree mouse (Pogonomys loriae) on average weights 95 grams (0.21 lbs).
The Large tree mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Pogonomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.6 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Large 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 large tree mouse (Pogonomys loriae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found on the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).
Animals of the same family as a Large tree mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Western chestnut mouse with a weight of 70 grams
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Abyssinian grass rat with a weight of 73 grams
- Rümmler’s brush mouse with a weight of 29 grams
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat with a weight of 178 grams
- Ciscaucasian hamster with 9 babies per litter
- Nelson’s woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Delany’s mouse with a weight of 4 grams
- Venezuelan climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Southern big-eared mouse with a weight of 70 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Large tree mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pogonomys loriae:
- Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Sage’s rock rat bringing 96 grams to the scale
- Brooke’s squirrel bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Ryukyu spiny rat bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Long-eared chipmunk bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Low’s squirrel bringing 85 grams to the scale
- White-bellied rat bringing 100 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Large tree mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large tree mouse:
- Beach vole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Glacier rat with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rough-haired golden mole with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
- Central rock rat with a size of 12.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Kowari with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Amazon weasel with a size of 15.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Transandinomys bolivaris with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Beaufort’s naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Gorongoza gerbil with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Large tree mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Large tree mouse: