It is hard to guess what a Pinyon mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) on average weights 27 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Pinyon mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Peromyscus). It is usually born with about 2 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.1 cm (0′ 4″). On average, Pinyon mouses can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California in Mexico. These medium-sized mice are often distinguished by their relatively large ears. The range of this species extends from southern Oregon and Wyoming in the north, and extends south to roughly the U.S.-Mexico border, with a disjunct population designated as Peromyscus true comanche that occupies an area in the vicinity of Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas panhandle.
Animals of the same family as a Pinyon mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Pleasant bolo mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Rahm’s brush-furred rat with 1 babies per litter
- Plains rat with a weight of 53 grams
- Ivory Coast rat with a weight of 52 grams
- Northern hopping mouse with a weight of 38 grams
- Greater big-footed mouse with a weight of 55 grams
- Djoongari with a weight of 39 grams
- Common rufous-nosed rat with a weight of 89 grams
- Eastern small-toothed rat with a weight of 357 grams
- Florida naked-tailed rat with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
Animals with the same weight as a Pinyon mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peromyscus truei:
- Grey dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Scolomys melanops bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Eastern false pipistrelle bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Japanese mountain mole bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Nigerian gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- São Paulo grass mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Deroo’s mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Southern African spiny mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Pinyon mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Pinyon mouse: