It is hard to guess what a Perote mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Perote mouse (Peromyscus bullatus) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Perote mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Peromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.2 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 Perote mouse (Peromyscus bullatus), or Perote deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Perote mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oecomys paricola with a weight of 73 grams
- Dent’s vlei rat with a weight of 120 grams
- Silver mountain vole with a weight of 37 grams
- Balochistan gerbil with a weight of 25 grams
- Alston’s cotton rat with a weight of 55 grams
- Tundra vole with a weight of 33 grams
- Banana climbing mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Oecomys roberti with a weight of 73 grams
- King rat (animal) with a weight of 420 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Perote mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peromyscus bullatus:
- Rufous-bellied bolo mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Four-striped grass mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Cairo spiny mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Defua rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Molina’s grass mouse bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Rock vole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Brucepattersonius iheringi bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Crested-tailed deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale