It is hard to guess what a Southern African spiny mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern African spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus) on average weights 26 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Southern African spiny mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Acomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.1 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Southern African spiny 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 southern African spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are moist savanna and rocky areas.
Animals of the same family as a Southern African spiny mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Mozambique thicket rat with a weight of 45 grams
- Nyika climbing mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Tanala tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Akodon sylvanus with a weight of 39 grams
- Euryoryzomys macconnelli with a weight of 62 grams
- Olive grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Plains harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Highveld gerbil with a weight of 89 grams
- Western pebble-mound mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- El Dorado grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern African spiny mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Acomys spinosissimus:
- Lesser bulldog bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Hill’s sheath-tailed bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Short-palated fruit bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Florida mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- North African gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Eastern heather vole bringing 27 grams to the scale
- White-bellied free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Pallid bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Pleasant bolo mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern African spiny mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Southern African spiny mouse: