It is hard to guess what a Percival’s spiny mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Percival’s spiny mouse (Acomys percivali) on average weights 22 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Percival’s spiny mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Acomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.48 meter (4′ 11″).
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.
Percival’s spiny mouse (Acomys percivali) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas. It is one of two known species of mammals, the other being Acomys kempi, capable of completely regenerating damaged tissue, including hair follicles, skin, sweat glands, fur and cartilage.
Animals of the same family as a Percival’s spiny mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Western chestnut mouse with a weight of 70 grams
- Banana climbing mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Oecomys rutilus with a weight of 73 grams
- Indian desert jird with a weight of 71 grams
- Lesser mole-rat with a weight of 189 grams
- Himalayan field rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 60 grams
- Northern red-backed vole with a weight of 19 grams
- Pittier’s crab-eating rat with a weight of 69 grams
- Woodland vole with a weight of 26 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Percival’s spiny mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Acomys percivali:
- Red tree vole bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Zenker’s fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Narrow-nosed harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Neacomys spinosus bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Minute fruit bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Grant’s golden mole bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Pallid bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian striped mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Akodon azarae bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Butiaba naked-tailed shrew bringing 18 grams to the scale