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How much does a Peters’s mouse weight?

It is hard to guess what a Peters’s mouse weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Peters’s mouse (Mus setulosus) on average weights 11 grams (0.02 lbs).

The Peters’s mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Mus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Peters’s mouses have 3 babies per litter.

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.

Peters’ mouse (Mus setulosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

Animals of the same family as a Peters’s mouse

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Peters’s mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mus setulosus:

Animals with the same litter size as a Peters’s mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Peters’s mouse: