It is hard to guess what a Molina’s grass mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Molina’s grass mouse (Akodon molinae) on average weights 33 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Molina’s grass mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Akodon). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.7 cm (0′ 2″). Usually, Molina’s grass mouses have 3 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.
Molina’s grass mouse (Akodon molinae) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family.It is found only in Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Molina’s grass mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Inca Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Ivory Coast rat with a weight of 52 grams
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Puna mouse with a weight of 84 grams
- Akodon aerosus with a weight of 60 grams
- Gerbil mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Nayarit mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Mindoro striped rat with a weight of 152 grams
- Grant’s rock mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Natal multimammate mouse with a weight of 49 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Molina’s grass mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Akodon molinae:
- Mindanao montane forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Lesser bulldog bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Olive montane mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Deroo’s mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Moupin pika bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Western jumping mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Bolivian vesper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Large-eared free-tailed bat bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Yellow-necked mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat bringing 27 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Molina’s grass mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Molina’s grass mouse: