It is hard to guess what a Nikolaus’s mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nikolaus’s mouse (Megadendromus nikolausi) on average weights 52 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Nikolaus’s mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Megadendromus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 92.3 cm (3′ 1″).
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.
Nikolaus’s mouse (Megadendromus nikolausi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is the only species in the genus Megadendromus.It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Nikolaus’s mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Olive montane mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Bagobo rat with a weight of 395 grams
- New Britain water rat with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Cheesman’s gerbil with a weight of 28 grams
- Darien harvest mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Stirton’s deer mouse with a weight of 29 grams
- Louise’s spiny mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Persian jird with a weight of 108 grams
- Southern African vlei rat with a weight of 114 grams
- Issel’s groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 60 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nikolaus’s mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Megadendromus nikolausi:
- Shining thicket rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Chaco grass mouse bringing 51 grams to the scale
- Murree vole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Hylaeamys laticeps bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Eastern rock elephant shrew bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys lamia bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Hildegarde’s broad-headed mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Günther’s vole bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Ega long-tongued bat bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Ivory Coast rat bringing 52 grams to the scale