Categories
Animal Weight

How much does a Long-tailed pocket mouse weight?

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

An adult Long-tailed pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus) on average weights 20 grams (0.04 lbs).

The Long-tailed pocket mouse is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Chaetodipus). It is usually born with about 1 grams (0 lbs). They can live for up to 2.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.7 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Long-tailed pocket mouses can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 5.

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 Long-tailed pocket mouse is 20 grams (0.04 lbs)

The long-tailed pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.It is found in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.

Animals of the same family as a Long-tailed pocket mouse

We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Long-tailed pocket mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaetodipus formosus:

Animals with the same size as a Long-tailed pocket mouse

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Long-tailed pocket mouse:

Animals with the same litter size as a Long-tailed pocket mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Long-tailed pocket mouse:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Long-tailed pocket mouse

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Long-tailed pocket mouse: