It is hard to guess what a Nayarit mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nayarit mouse (Peromyscus simulus) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Nayarit mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Peromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.9 cm (0′ 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.
The Nayarit mouse or Sinaloan deer mouse (Peromyscus simulus) is a species of cricetid rodent endemic to Mexico. It was considered a subspecies of brush mouse until 1977.
Animals of the same family as a Nayarit mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Chelemys megalonyx with a weight of 50 grams
- Slender rat with a weight of 109 grams
- Island mouse with a weight of 164 grams
- Bush vlei rat with a weight of 102 grams
- Poncelet’s giant rat bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- African wading rat with a weight of 62 grams
- Desert mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Yellow-necked mouse with a weight of 31 grams
- Murree vole with a weight of 52 grams
- Sumichrast’s harvest mouse with a weight of 19 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nayarit mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peromyscus simulus:
- Merriam’s kangaroo rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- False water rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s water mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Eastern tube-nosed bat bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Meadow vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Moss-forest rat bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Bushveld elephant shrew bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Woodford’s fruit bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Chiapan deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Nayarit mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Nayarit mouse:
- North African gerbil with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Temminck’s flying squirrel with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hairy-footed gerbil with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Short-snouted elephant shrew with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chinese dormouse with a size of 9.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Little collared fruit bat with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Himalayan striped squirrel with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Chacoan pygmy opossum with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)