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How much does a Little pocket mouse weight?

It is hard to guess what a Little pocket mouse weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) on average weights 8 grams (0.02 lbs).

The Little pocket mouse is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Perognathus). It is usually born with about 1 grams (0 lbs). They can live for up to 8.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.2 cm (0′ 3″). On average, Little pocket mouses can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.

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 average adult weight of a Little pocket mouse is 8 grams (0.02 lbs)

The little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California and Sonora in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is a common species and faces no particular threats and the IUCN has listed it as being of “least concern”.Five mice of this species travelled to and orbited the Moon 75 times in an experiment on board the Apollo 17 command module in December 1972. Four of the mice survived the trip. Six other little pocket mice were sent into orbit with Skylab 3 in July 1973, though these animals died only 30 hours into the mission due to a power failure.

Animals of the same family as a Little pocket mouse

We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Little pocket mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Perognathus longimembris:

Animals with the same litter size as a Little pocket mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Little pocket mouse:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Little pocket mouse

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Little pocket mouse: