It is hard to guess what a Michoacan deer mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Michoacan deer mouse (Osgoodomys banderanus) on average weights 49 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Michoacan deer mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Osgoodomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.8 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Michoacan deer mouses have 1 babies per litter.
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 Michoacan deer mouse (Osgoodomys banderanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The only species in the genus Osgoodomys, it is found only in Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Michoacan deer mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Lesser bandicoot rat with a weight of 227 grams
- Holochilus brasiliensis with a weight of 155 grams
- Tatra pine vole with 2 babies per litter
- Turkestan rat with 4 babies per litter
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Southern Plains woodrat with a weight of 255 grams
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat with a weight of 138 grams
- Nigerian gerbil with a weight of 29 grams
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 85 grams
- Stephen’s woodrat with a weight of 149 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Michoacan deer mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Osgoodomys banderanus:
- Melanomys zunigae bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Pale-faced bat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Rupp’s mouse bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Phillips’s kangaroo rat bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Arends’s golden mole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Greater noctule bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- European snow vole bringing 48 grams to the scale
- False water rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Michoacan deer mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Michoacan deer mouse: