It is hard to guess what a Plateau mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Plateau mouse (Peromyscus melanophrys) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Plateau mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Peromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.5 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Plateau mouses have 2 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.
The plateau mouse (Peromyscus melanophrys) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Plateau mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Japen rat with a weight of 380 grams
- Arizona cotton rat with a weight of 198 grams
- New Guinea waterside rat with a weight of 526 grams
- Musser’s shrew mouse with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Western white-eared giant rat with a weight of 932 grams
- Euryoryzomys lamia with a weight of 60 grams
- Lataste’s gerbil with 4 babies per litter
- Andean leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 53 grams
- Bush vlei rat with a weight of 102 grams
- Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same weight as a Plateau mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peromyscus melanophrys:
- Tonatia silvicola bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Woosnam’s brush-furred rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Cuban fruit-eating bat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Small Luzon forest mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Verreaux’s mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Verreaux’s mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Lesser musky fruit bat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- European snow vole bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Mexican deer mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Plateau mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Plateau mouse: