It is hard to guess what a Pousargues African fat mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pousargues African fat mouse (Steatomys opimus) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Pousargues African fat mouse is from the family Nesomyidae (genus: Steatomys). It is usually born with about 1 grams (0 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.6 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Pousargues’s African fat mouse (Steatomys opimus) is an extant species of rodent indigenous to the Central African Republic, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Given the distribution of the species throughout central Africa, the probability of a ‘large population’, and the security of its habitat, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognises S. opimus as stable. Although the species is comparable in size to S. bocagei, the former exhibits an extra, abdominal pair of teats. In comparison to S. pratensis, S. opimus is significantly larger, while further comparison is necessary with S. jacksoni.
Animals of the same family as a Pousargues African fat mouse
We found other animals of the Nesomyidae family:
- White-bellied nesomys with a weight of 214 grams
- Ellerman’s tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Lovat’s climbing mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Western nesomys with a weight of 155 grams
- Gray climbing mouse with a weight of 9 grams
- Betsileo short-tailed rat with a weight of 93 grams
- Malagasy mountain mouse with a weight of 25 grams
- Brants’s climbing mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Petter’s tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 75 grams
- Hairy-tailed antsangy with a weight of 219 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pousargues African fat mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Steatomys opimus:
- MacConnell’s climbing mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Guajira mouse opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Brazilian slender opossum bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Comoro rousette bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Flat-faced fruit-eating bat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Short-snouted elephant shrew bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Short-haired water rat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Chiruromys lamia bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Olrog’s chaco mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Perote mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Pousargues African fat mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pousargues African fat mouse:
- Eastern rock elephant shrew with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-nosed potoroo with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Margarita Island kangaroo rat with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Alexander’s bush squirrel with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 11 cm (0′ 5″)
- Polynesian rat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bailey’s pocket mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Long-tailed hopping mouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed pygmy possum with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)