It is hard to guess what a Rufous-bellied bolo mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rufous-bellied bolo mouse (Necromys lactens) on average weights 32 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Rufous-bellied bolo mouse is from the family Cricetidae (genus: Necromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10 cm (0′ 4″).
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 rufous-bellied bolo mouse or white-chinned akodont, (Necromys lactens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia where it inhabits the dry valleys of the eastern Andes. Its conservation status is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Rufous-bellied bolo mouse
We found other animals of the Cricetidae family:
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Sooretamys with a weight of 120 grams
- Abrothrix longipilis with a weight of 38 grams
- Juniper vole with 3 babies per litter
- Brucepattersonius iheringi with a weight of 43 grams
- Lundomys with a weight of 238 grams
- Aegialomys xanthaeolus with a weight of 79 grams
- Olive grass mouse with a weight of 24 grams
- European water vole with a weight of 120 grams
- Buenos Aires leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 42 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Rufous-bellied bolo mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Necromys lactens:
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Hispid hocicudo bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Fat mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Desert mouse bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Western jumping mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Akodon spegazzinii bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Barbary striped grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Black-bearded tomb bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Gleaning mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse bringing 28 grams to the scale