It is hard to guess what a Peterson’s chinchilla mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Peterson’s chinchilla mouse (Euneomys petersoni) on average weights 83 grams (0.18 lbs).
The Peterson’s chinchilla mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Euneomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.92 meter (45′ 9″).
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.
Peterson’s chinchilla mouse (Euneomys petersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in west central and southern Argentina and nearby areas of Chile. The species is named after American paleontologist Olaf A. Peterson (1865–1933).
Animals of the same family as a Peterson’s chinchilla mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Hylaeamys oniscus with a weight of 49 grams
- European water vole with a weight of 120 grams
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 85 grams
- Little wood mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Oxymycterus hucucha with a weight of 67 grams
- Nyika climbing mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Delany’s mouse with a weight of 4 grams
- True’s vole with a weight of 22 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Peterson’s chinchilla mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Euneomys petersoni:
- Sonoma chipmunk bringing 75 grams to the scale
- California chipmunk bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Leschenault’s rousette bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Reddish-gray mouse lemur bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Bushveld gerbil bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Western chestnut mouse bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Eastern chestnut mouse bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Van Deusen’s rat bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Japanese mole bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Soft-furred rat bringing 67 grams to the scale