It is hard to guess what a Montane wood mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Montane wood mouse (Hylomyscus denniae) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Montane wood mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Hylomyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.2 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Montane wood mouses have 4 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 montane hylomyscus or montane wood mouse (Hylomyscus denniae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. A long-coated species with brownish-grey upper parts and whitish-grey underparts, it occurs in the uplands of tropical Central Africa where its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests.
Animals of the same family as a Montane wood mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Abrothrix sanborni with a weight of 24 grams
- Prairie vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Black-tailed mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 20 grams
- Dolorous grass mouse with a weight of 50 grams
- Steppe field mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Mahomet mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Gregarious short-tailed rat with a weight of 92 grams
- Arizona cotton rat with a weight of 198 grams
- Sand-colored soft-furred rat with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Montane wood mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hylomyscus denniae:
- Variable grass mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Dryad shrew tenrec bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Soft-furred Oldfield mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Hartwig’s soft-furred mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Flat-haired mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- MacConnell’s climbing mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Hazel dormouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix longipilis bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltépec vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Montane wood mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Montane wood mouse: