It is hard to guess what a Shortridge’s multimammate mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Shortridge’s multimammate mouse (Mastomys shortridgei) on average weights 46 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Shortridge’s multimammate mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Mastomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6 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.
Shortridge’s multimammate mouse (Mastomys shortridgei) is a rodent species in the family Muridae.It is native to Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
Animals of the same family as a Shortridge’s multimammate mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Unexpected cotton rat with a weight of 140 grams
- Large Japanese field mouse with a weight of 43 grams
- Burrowing chinchilla mouse with a weight of 83 grams
- Rwanda African mole-rat with 1 babies per litter
- Ryukyu mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Akodon boliviensis with a weight of 27 grams
- Handleyomys fuscatus with a weight of 49 grams
- Cotton mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Large vlei rat with a weight of 192 grams
- Northwestern deer mouse with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a Shortridge’s multimammate mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mastomys shortridgei:
- Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Woosnam’s broad-headed mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- California mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Naked-eared deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Southwestern myotis bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Perote mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Dolorous grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-striped opossum bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Edith’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Social vole bringing 48 grams to the scale