It is hard to guess what a Mount Isarog shrew-mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (Archboldomys luzonensis) on average weights 35 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Mount Isarog shrew-mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Archboldomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7 cm (0′ 3″).
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 Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (Archboldomys luzonensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. It is threatened by habitat loss due to logging operations.
Animals of the same family as a Mount Isarog shrew-mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Guinean gerbil with a weight of 103 grams
- Vogelkop mountain rat with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat with a weight of 138 grams
- MacConnell’s climbing mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Blanford’s rat with 2 babies per litter
- Cape York melomys with a weight of 70 grams
- Emin’s pouched rat bringing 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs) to the scale
- Hildegarde’s broad-headed mouse with a weight of 55 grams
- Savanna gerbil with a weight of 121 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mount Isarog shrew-mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Archboldomys luzonensis:
- Caatinga vesper mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Naked mole-rat bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Dusky caenolestid bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Nayarit mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Blackish deer mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Pousargues African fat mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Soft-furred Oldfield mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Molina’s grass mouse bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Musso’s fish-eating rat bringing 40 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mount Isarog shrew-mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mount Isarog shrew-mouse:
- Roborovski dwarf hamster with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Hazel dormouse with a size of 7.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- True’s shrew mole with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Wagner’s gerbil with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Somali serotine with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- New Holland mouse with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hose’s pygmy flying squirrel with a size of 7.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Greater white-toothed shrew with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Trowbridge’s shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Great Basin pocket mouse with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)