It is hard to guess what a Setzer’s pygmy mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Setzer’s pygmy mouse (Mus setzeri) on average weights 6 grams (0.01 lbs).
The Setzer’s pygmy mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Mus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.1 cm (0′ 3″).
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.
Setzer’s pygmy mouse (Mus setzeri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rivers, freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater lakes.
Animals of the same family as a Setzer’s pygmy mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 80 grams
- Ivory Coast rat with a weight of 52 grams
- Eastern shrew mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Rufous-bellied bolo mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Pilliga mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Delicate vesper mouse with a weight of 13 grams
- Sody’s tree rat with 4 babies per litter
- Nicaraguan harvest mouse with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Montane fish-eating rat with a weight of 39 grams
- Tete veld aethomys with a weight of 133 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Setzer’s pygmy mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mus setzeri:
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed pipistrelle bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Kenyan wattled bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Mexican long-tailed shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Lesser dog-like bat bringing 5 grams to the scale
- Little brown bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Bronze tube-nosed bat bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Desert pygmy mouse bringing 6 grams to the scale
- Lesser white-toothed shrew bringing 7 grams to the scale
- Natterer’s bat bringing 7 grams to the scale