It is hard to guess what a Temminck’s striped mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Temminck’s striped mouse (Hybomys trivirgatus) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Temminck’s striped mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Hybomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.1 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Temminck’s striped 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.
Temminck’s striped mouse or West African hybomys (Hybomys trivirgatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Temminck’s striped mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Long-nosed hocicudo with a weight of 67 grams
- African marsh rat with a weight of 128 grams
- Chestnut white-bellied rat with a weight of 81 grams
- Field vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Desert woodrat with a weight of 144 grams
- Issel’s groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 60 grams
- Romanian hamster with a weight of 97 grams
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Mountain giant Sunda rat with a weight of 419 grams
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 71 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Temminck’s striped mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hybomys trivirgatus:
- Michoacan deer mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Broad-footed climbing mouse bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Bushveld elephant shrew bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Ega long-tongued bat bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Cape York melomys bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Bolivian big-eared mouse bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Small five-toed jerboa bringing 59 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Temminck’s striped mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Temminck’s striped mouse:
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Highland brush mouse with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Mexican mouse opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Blind mole with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rufous mouse opossum with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Tschudi’s slender opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Northern red-backed vole with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- San Quintin kangaroo rat with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Dusky hopping mouse with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Temminck’s striped mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Temminck’s striped mouse: