Categories
Animal Weight

How much does a Stirton’s deer mouse weight?

It is hard to guess what a Stirton’s deer mouse weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Stirton’s deer mouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) on average weights 29 grams (0.06 lbs).

The Stirton’s deer mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Peromyscus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.1 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Stirton’s deer 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.

Stirton’s deer mouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. P. stirtoni is widely distributed and is presumed to have a large population and a tolerance of habitat destruction, though its biology is poorly understood. The species is named after Ruben A. Stirton (1901-1966), an American zoologist associated with the University of California at Berkeley.

Animals of the same family as a Stirton’s deer mouse

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Stirton’s deer mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Peromyscus stirtoni:

Animals with the same size as a Stirton’s deer mouse

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Stirton’s deer mouse:

Animals with the same litter size as a Stirton’s deer mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Stirton’s deer mouse: