It is hard to guess what a Little wood mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Little wood mouse (Hylomyscus parvus) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Little wood mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Hylomyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.2 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 lesser hylomyscus or little wood mouse (Hylomyscus parvus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and possibly Equatorial Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Little wood mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Small vesper mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- New Britain water rat with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Long-tailed giant rat with a weight of 349 grams
- Altiplano grass mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Indian desert jird with a weight of 71 grams
- Hylaeamys oniscus with a weight of 49 grams
- Bismarck giant rat with a weight of 613 grams
- Dent’s vlei rat with a weight of 120 grams
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil with a weight of 38 grams
- Stein’s paramelomys with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Little wood mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hylomyscus parvus:
- Bolam’s mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Common planigale bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Hairy big-eared bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Telefomin roundleaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Trefoil horseshoe bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Southeast Asian shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Marsh shrew bringing 15 grams to the scale