It is hard to guess what a Peruvian vesper mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Peruvian vesper mouse (Calomys sorellus) on average weights 20 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Peruvian vesper mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Calomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 24.7 cm (0′ 10″).
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 Peruvian vesper mouse (Calomys sorellus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Peruvian vesper mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oecomys concolor with a weight of 54 grams
- Lukolela swamp rat with a weight of 42 grams
- Barbary striped grass mouse with a weight of 26 grams
- Ungava collared lemming with a weight of 57 grams
- Brush-tailed rabbit rat with a weight of 175 grams
- Indian gerbil with a weight of 138 grams
- Striped Atlantic Forest rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Eva’s desert mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Desert woodrat with a weight of 144 grams
- Cutch rat with 5 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Peruvian vesper mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Calomys sorellus:
- Fat-tailed dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Parantechinus bilarni bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s spiny mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Tonatia carrikeri bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Notiomys bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Gracile shrew tenrec bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Canyon mouse bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Lesser long-nosed bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Sonoran harvest mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Great Basin pocket mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale