It is hard to guess what a Paramo Oldfield mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Paramo Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys paramorum) on average weights 77 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Paramo Oldfield mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Thomasomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.1 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 paramo Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys paramorum) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador.
Animals of the same family as a Paramo Oldfield mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Greater hamster-rat with 4 babies per litter
- Crafty vesper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Laminate vlei rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Tete veld aethomys with a weight of 133 grams
- Anderson’s gerbil with a weight of 31 grams
- African grass rat with a weight of 95 grams
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Mountain water rat with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Western water rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Eastern shrew mouse with a weight of 16 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Paramo Oldfield mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Thomasomys paramorum:
- Lesser hamster-rat bringing 75 grams to the scale
- White-tailed rat bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Southern big-eared mouse bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Cape gerbil bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Edward’s swamp rat bringing 63 grams to the scale
- European mole bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Red mouse opossum bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Peruvian Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Slender Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale