It is hard to guess what a Southern big-eared mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern big-eared mouse (Loxodontomys micropus) on average weights 70 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Southern big-eared mouse is from the family Cricetidae (genus: Loxodontomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Southern big-eared mouses have 4 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 big-eared mouse (Loxodontomys micropus), also known as the southern pericote, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile, and is one of only two species in its genus. The type specimen was captured by Charles Darwin in 1834 along the Santa Cruz River in Argentina, during the voyage of HMS Beagle, and was subsequently described by George Robert Waterhouse.
Animals of the same family as a Southern big-eared mouse
We found other animals of the Cricetidae family:
- Buenos Aires leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Handleyomys fuscatus with a weight of 49 grams
- Kolan vole with 1 babies per litter
- Southern vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Southern red-backed vole with a weight of 19 grams
- Grey red-backed vole with a weight of 36 grams
- Taiwan vole with a weight of 46 grams
- Big-eared woodrat with a weight of 225 grams
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Kemp’s grass mouse with a weight of 26 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern big-eared mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Loxodontomys micropus:
- Least weasel bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Oryzomys couesi bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Arianus’s rat bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Lesser tufted-tailed rat bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Long-footed water rat bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Master leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Puna mouse bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys levipes bringing 60 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern big-eared mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Southern big-eared mouse: