It is hard to guess what a Master leaf-eared mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Master leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis magister) on average weights 68 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Master leaf-eared mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Phyllotis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.5 cm (0′ 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 master leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis magister) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Chile and Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Master leaf-eared mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Atlantic Forest climbing mouse with a weight of 100 grams
- African pygmy mouse with a weight of 6 grams
- Abrothrix sanborni with a weight of 24 grams
- Montane wood mouse with a weight of 36 grams
- Oreoryzomys with a weight of 60 grams
- Vogelkop mountain rat with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bolaños woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Mexican vole with a weight of 34 grams
- Balochistan gerbil with a weight of 25 grams
- Southern African vlei rat with a weight of 114 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Master leaf-eared mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phyllotis magister:
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Patagonian opossum bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Small five-toed jerboa bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Stephens’s kangaroo rat bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Greater nectar bat bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Hildegarde’s broad-headed mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Garlepp’s mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Mearns’s pouched mouse bringing 64 grams to the scale