It is hard to guess what a Rupp’s mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rupp’s mouse (Stenocephalemys ruppi) on average weights 48 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Rupp’s mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Stenocephalemys). 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.
Rupp’s mouse or Rupp’s stenocephalemys (Stenocephalemys ruppi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Ethiopia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Rupp’s mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Turkestan rat with 4 babies per litter
- Meadow vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Ilin Island cloudrunner with a size of 25.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Black-tailed mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Crested-tailed deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Aegialomys xanthaeolus with a weight of 79 grams
- Roraima mouse with a weight of 33 grams
- Patagonian chinchilla mouse with a weight of 75 grams
- Fawn-colored mouse with 4 babies per litter
- African wading rat with a weight of 62 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Rupp’s mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Stenocephalemys ruppi:
- Tawny deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Cerradomys subflavus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Defua rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Comoro rousette bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Golden spiny mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Chinanteco deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Murree vole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Midas free-tailed bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Dusky hopping mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Rock dormouse bringing 46 grams to the scale