It is hard to guess what a Roraima mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Roraima mouse (Podoxymys roraimae) on average weights 33 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Roraima mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Podoxymys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.4 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.
The Roraima mouse (Podoxymys roraimae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Podoxymys.It is found only in Guyana.
Animals of the same family as a Roraima mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Long-tailed mountain rat with a weight of 79 grams
- Greater stick-nest rat with a weight of 329 grams
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Edward’s swamp rat with a weight of 63 grams
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil with a weight of 17 grams
- Ashy-bellied Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Oligoryzomys andinus with a weight of 25 grams
- Little Indian field mouse with a weight of 13 grams
- Tawny deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Long-tailed hopping mouse with a weight of 100 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Roraima mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Podoxymys roraimae:
- North African gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Bibimys torresi bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Brazilian gracile opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Cuban fruit-eating bat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Stirton’s deer mouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Neotropical pygmy squirrel bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix longipilis bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon dog-faced bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Sclater’s golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale