It is hard to guess what a Sandy inland mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis) on average weights 14 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Sandy inland mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Pseudomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.2 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Sandy inland mouses have 2 babies per litter.
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 sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Also known as the Hermannsburg (Mission) false-mouse or Hermannsburg Mouse, it is endemic to Australia and found widely yet sparsely through arid and semi-arid areas.
Animals of the same family as a Sandy inland mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Biting chinchilla mouse with a weight of 82 grams
- Lesser bamboo rat with a weight of 472 grams
- Northern collared lemming with a weight of 46 grams
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil with a weight of 17 grams
- Oecomys speciosus with a weight of 73 grams
- Moss-forest rat with a weight of 46 grams
- Hoary bamboo rat bringing 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs) to the scale
- Transandinomys bolivaris with a weight of 60 grams
- Melanomys zunigae with a weight of 53 grams
- Red spiny rat with a weight of 150 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Sandy inland mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudomys hermannsburgensis:
- African pygmy squirrel bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Rüppell’s horseshoe bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Smoky white-toothed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Long-clawed shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Feathertail glider bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Kilimanjaro shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Glacier Bay water shrew bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Microryzomys minutus bringing 13 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Sandy inland mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Sandy inland mouse:
- Wood mouse with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Pale kangaroo mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Olive-backed pocket mouse with a size of 6.9 cm (0′ 3″)
- Narrow-nosed harvest mouse with a size of 8.7 cm (0′ 4″)
- Himalayan shrew with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- North American least shrew with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lowe’s shrew with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Chinese shrew mole with a size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″)
- Julia Creek dunnart with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Great fruit-eating bat with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Sandy inland mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Sandy inland mouse: