It is hard to guess what a Nelson’s pocket mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nelson’s pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Nelson’s pocket mouse is from the family Heteromyidae (genus: Chaetodipus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.9 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Nelson’s pocket 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.
Nelson’s pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and in New Mexico and Texas in United States. It is named in honor of the American naturalist Edward William Nelson.
Animals of the same family as a Nelson’s pocket mouse
We found other animals of the Heteromyidae family:
- San Diego pocket mouse with a weight of 19 grams
- Little pocket mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- Olive-backed pocket mouse with a weight of 11 grams
- White-eared pocket mouse with a weight of 24 grams
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat with a weight of 49 grams
- Goldman’s spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 85 grams
- California pocket mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Desert kangaroo rat with a weight of 108 grams
- San Quintin kangaroo rat with a weight of 84 grams
- Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse with a weight of 63 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nelson’s pocket mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaetodipus nelsoni:
- Rufous horseshoe bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Russet free-tailed bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Little Indian field mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Desert pocket mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Montane shrew tenrec bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Himalayan shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Ipanema bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Gracile naked-tailed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Merida small-eared shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Nelson’s pocket mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Nelson’s pocket mouse:
- Southern red-sided opossum with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Chinese shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Egyptian tomb bat with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Eurasian water shrew with a size of 8.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hairy-legged vampire bat with a size of 7.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Transcaucasian water shrew with a size of 8.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- Common vampire bat with a size of 7.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Desert dormouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Hairy-footed gerbil with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Nelson’s pocket mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Nelson’s pocket mouse: