It is hard to guess what a Volcano harvest mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Volcano harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys chrysopsis) on average weights 19 grams (0.04 lbs).
The Volcano harvest mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Reithrodontomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.2 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Volcano harvest mouses have 3 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 volcano harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys chrysopsis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Volcano harvest mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Fulvous harvest mouse with a weight of 11 grams
- Macmillan’s thicket rat with a weight of 37 grams
- Akodon affinis with a weight of 24 grams
- São Paulo grass mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil with a weight of 17 grams
- Mount Isarog shrew-mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Reed vole with 5 babies per litter
- Oligoryzomys flavescens with a weight of 21 grams
- Highland brush mouse with a weight of 54 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Volcano harvest mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Reithrodontomys chrysopsis:
- Agile antechinus bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Southern grasshopper mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Northern ghost bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Mexican long-tongued bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Tent-making bat bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s nectar bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Lakeland Downs mouse bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Big free-tailed bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Savanna path shrew bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec bringing 18 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Volcano harvest mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Volcano harvest mouse: