It is hard to guess what a Pilliga mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pilliga mouse (Pseudomys pilligaensis) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Pilliga mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Pseudomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16 cm (0′ 7″).
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.
Pseudomys pilligaensis, commonly known as the Pilliga mouse or poolkoo, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Its distribution comprises the Pilliga forest region of New South Wales, Australia, specimens have also been trapped in the Warrumbungle National Park and Weetalibah Nature Reserve. Its conservation status is currently listed as “Data Deficient” due to unresolved questions on its taxonomic status.
Animals of the same family as a Pilliga mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 34 grams
- Great Key Island giant rat with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Unexpected cotton rat with a weight of 140 grams
- Ethiopian narrow-headed rat with a weight of 144 grams
- Dusky hopping mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Black-footed tree-rat with a weight of 716 grams
- Zempoaltepec with a weight of 58 grams
- King rat (animal) with a weight of 420 grams
- Angular hocicudo with a weight of 67 grams
- Northern hopping mouse with a weight of 38 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pilliga mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudomys pilligaensis:
- Darling’s horseshoe bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Dark-footed mouse shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Baird’s shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Molossops planirostris bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Peters’s mouse bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Eastern long-eared bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Eastern broad-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Golden bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Little free-tailed bat bringing 10 grams to the scale