It is hard to guess what a Thespian grass mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Thespian grass mouse (Akodon mimus) on average weights 24 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Thespian grass mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Akodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.7 cm (0′ 2″).
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 thespian grass mouse or hocicudo-like akodont (Akodon mimus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Thespian grass mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Mindanao montane forest mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- Central pebble-mound mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Golden mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- One-toothed shrew mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Eastern white-eared giant rat with a weight of 867 grams
- White-footed climbing mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Tawitawi forest rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Malagasy giant rat bringing 1.18 kilos (2.6 lbs) to the scale
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Thespian grass mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Akodon mimus:
- White-footed vole bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix sanborni bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Least pygmy squirrel bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Lesser mouse-eared bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Western false pipistrelle bringing 23 grams to the scale
- White-bellied free-tailed bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Pearson’s chaco mouse bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s nectar bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix lanosus bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Narrow-headed slender opossum bringing 26 grams to the scale