It is hard to guess what a Lovat’s climbing mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lovat’s climbing mouse (Dendromus lovati) on average weights 12 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Lovat’s climbing mouse is from the family Nesomyidae (genus: Dendromus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 67.4 cm (2′ 3″).
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.
Lovat’s climbing mouse (Dendromus lovati) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It is found only in Ethiopia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Lovat’s climbing mouse
We found other animals of the Nesomyidae family:
- Betsileo short-tailed rat with a weight of 93 grams
- Ellerman’s tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Hairy-tailed antsangy with a weight of 219 grams
- Petter’s tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 75 grams
- Malagasy mountain mouse with a weight of 25 grams
- Western nesomys with a weight of 155 grams
- Pousargues African fat mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- White-bellied nesomys with a weight of 214 grams
- Brants’s climbing mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Gray climbing mouse with a weight of 9 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lovat’s climbing mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dendromus lovati:
- Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Acuminate horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s small-eared shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Little Indian field mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Dark kangaroo mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mexican shrew bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Golden bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Western bent-winged bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- San Joaquin pocket mouse bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale