It is hard to guess what a Painted big-eared mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Painted big-eared mouse (Auliscomys pictus) on average weights 51 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Painted big-eared mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Auliscomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.9 cm (0′ 8″).
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 painted big-eared mouse (Auliscomys pictus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru, and possibly Chile.
Animals of the same family as a Painted big-eared mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- White-throated grass mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Canyon mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Jico deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Brazilian arboreal mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Glacier rat with a weight of 64 grams
- Serra do Mar grass mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Turkish hamster with a weight of 198 grams
- Lesser small-toothed rat with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Brukkaros pygmy rock mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Marmoset rat with a weight of 70 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Painted big-eared mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Auliscomys pictus:
- Dusky slender opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Midas free-tailed bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Pale gerbil bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys intectus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- East African little collared fruit bat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Andean rat bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Puebla deer mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Ruwenzori thicket rat bringing 41 grams to the scale