It is hard to guess what a Reddish-gray mouse lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) on average weights 70 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Reddish-gray mouse lemur is from the family Cheirogaleidae (genus: Microcebus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.8 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.
The reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is found in Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana.
Animals of the same family as a Reddish-gray mouse lemur
We found other animals of the Cheirogaleidae family:
- Northern rufous mouse lemur with a weight of 68 grams
- Sambirano mouse lemur with a weight of 49 grams
- Microcebus coquereli with a weight of 328 grams
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur with a weight of 326 grams
- Golden-brown mouse lemur with a weight of 58 grams
- Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur with a weight of 33 grams
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur with a weight of 197 grams
- Hairy-eared dwarf lemur with a weight of 78 grams
- Pygmy mouse lemur with a weight of 31 grams
- Greater dwarf lemur with a weight of 447 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Reddish-gray mouse lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microcebus griseorufus:
- Pittier’s crab-eating rat bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Oecomys trinitatis bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s rousette bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Boehm’s bush squirrel bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Gray-cheeked flying squirrel bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Daphne’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Smoky mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa bringing 60 grams to the scale