It is hard to guess what a Spotted bolo mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spotted bolo mouse (Necromys punctulatus) on average weights 37 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Spotted bolo mouse is from the family Cricetidae (genus: Necromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.8 cm (0′ 5″).
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 spotted bolo mouse or Ecuadorian akodont (Necromys punctulatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known from Ecuador and may also occur in Colombia. Little is known of its status and range.
Animals of the same family as a Spotted bolo mouse
We found other animals of the Cricetidae family:
- Sooretamys with a weight of 120 grams
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Pleasant bolo mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Sikkim mountain vole with 2 babies per litter
- Handleyomys fuscatus with a weight of 49 grams
- Olive grass mouse with a weight of 24 grams
- Lundomys with a weight of 238 grams
- Buenos Aires leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Hylaeamys laticeps with a weight of 49 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Spotted bolo mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Necromys punctulatus:
- Montane wood mouse bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Macmillan’s thicket rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Ernst Mayr’s water rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Verreaux’s mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Madagascan large free-tailed bat bringing 33 grams to the scale
- Grey red-backed vole bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Dusky fruit bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Mountain pygmy possum bringing 44 grams to the scale