It is hard to guess what a MacConnell’s climbing mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult MacConnell’s climbing mouse (Rhipidomys macconnelli) on average weights 41 grams (0.09 lbs).
The MacConnell’s climbing mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Rhipidomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21 cm (0′ 9″).
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.
MacConnell’s climbing mouse (Rhipidomys macconnelli) is a nocturnal and arboreal rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, where it inhabits rainforest at elevations from 300 to 2800 m.
Animals of the same family as a MacConnell’s climbing mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Scolomys ucayalensis with a weight of 26 grams
- Toad mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- Robbins’s tateril with a weight of 47 grams
- Southern vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Greater tree mouse with a weight of 105 grams
- Molina’s grass mouse with a weight of 33 grams
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 50 grams
- Small vesper mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Sula rat with a weight of 131 grams
- Aquatic rat with a weight of 66 grams
Animals with the same weight as a MacConnell’s climbing mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhipidomys macconnelli:
- Southwestern myotis bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Musso’s fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Lukolela swamp rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix illuteus bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Mexican deer mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Montane vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Pallas’s tube-nosed bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Woodford’s fruit bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Halmahera blossom bat bringing 39 grams to the scale