It is hard to guess what a Ural field mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ural field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) on average weights 18 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Ural field mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Apodemus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.7 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Ural field mouses have 5 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 Ural field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the pygmy field mouse. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Animals of the same family as a Ural field mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Black-eared mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Big-eared swamp rat with a weight of 95 grams
- Spotted bolo mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Short-tailed hopping mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Yellow steppe lemming with a weight of 26 grams
- Zygodontomys brevicauda with a weight of 52 grams
- Tarabundà vole with a weight of 36 grams
- Zempoaltépec vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Long-tailed hopping mouse with a weight of 100 grams
- Olive montane mouse with a weight of 37 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ural field mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Apodemus uralensis:
- Taphozous philippinensis bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Woermann’s bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Neacomys spinosus bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Striped field mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Altiplano grass mouse bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Telefomin roundleaf bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Greenhall’s dog-faced bat bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Black-capped fruit bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Wood mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Big brown bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Ural field mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Ural field mouse: