It is hard to guess what a Morgan’s gerbil mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Morgan’s gerbil mouse (Eligmodontia morgani) on average weights 16 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Morgan’s gerbil mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Eligmodontia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.92 meter (6′ 4″).
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.
Morgan’s gerbil mouse (Eligmodontia morgani), also known as the western Patagonian laucha, is a South American species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is named for J. P. Morgan, one of the sponsors of the expedition that first identified the species.
Animals of the same family as a Morgan’s gerbil mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Heath mouse with a weight of 72 grams
- Peterson’s chinchilla mouse with a weight of 83 grams
- Mindanao mountain rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Microryzomys altissimus with a weight of 13 grams
- Greater hamster-rat with 4 babies per litter
- Cochabamba grass mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- Southern climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Crete spiny mouse with a weight of 62 grams
- Western harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Mindanao shrew-rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same weight as a Morgan’s gerbil mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eligmodontia morgani:
- Halcyon horseshoe bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Sierra Leone free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Velvety free-tailed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Northern short-tailed shrew bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Short-headed broad-nosed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Velvety fruit-eating bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Little big-eyed bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Delicate vesper mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale