It is hard to guess what a Northern hopping mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern hopping mouse (Notomys aquilo) on average weights 38 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Northern hopping mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Notomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.3 cm (0′ 5″).
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 northern hopping mouse (Notomys aquilo) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in coastal northern Australia, from Arnhem Land to the Cobourg Peninsula.This mouse weighs 25 to 30 grams and is brown above and white below. Its long tail measures 150% of its body length and it has long hind feet up to 4 centimeters long.This species lives in sandy soils on heathlands and grasslands. It is nocturnal. It consumes seeds and sometimes other plant material and invertebrates. The mouse hops, leaving bipedal tracks. Several individuals live communally in burrows.Threats to this species include habitat alteration, such as changes in the fire regime and the effects of livestock. Feral cats watch the burrows and may consume several individuals in a night.
Animals of the same family as a Northern hopping mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Tatra pine vole with 2 babies per litter
- Spotted bolo mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Southern African spiny mouse with a weight of 26 grams
- Sloggett’s vlei rat with a weight of 106 grams
- Typical vlei rat with 1 babies per litter
- Rajah spiny rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Darwin’s leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Andean gerbil mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Bismarck giant rat with a weight of 612 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern hopping mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Notomys aquilo:
- Four-striped grass mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Sclater’s golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Northern caenolestid bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Common vampire bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Northern grass mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Dorothy’s slender opossum bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil bringing 38 grams to the scale
- White-throated round-eared bat bringing 32 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Northern hopping mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern hopping mouse:
- Karimi’s fat-tailed mouse opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Aztec mouse with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Junin slender opossum with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Blue-gray mouse with a size of 8.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Panamint chipmunk with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Handley’s slender opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gleaning mouse with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- White-toothed brush mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Champion’s tree mouse with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)