It is hard to guess what a Wetzel’s climbing mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Wetzel’s climbing mouse (Rhipidomys wetzeli) on average weights 89 grams (0.2 lbs).
The Wetzel’s climbing mouse is from the family Muridae (genus: Rhipidomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21 cm (0′ 9″).
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.
Wetzel’s climbing mouse (Rhipidomys wetzeli) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is endemic to Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Wetzel’s climbing mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Gambian pouched rat bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Blackish deer mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse with a weight of 47 grams
- Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Mount Apo forest mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- White-eared cotton rat with a weight of 132 grams
- Brown deer mouse with a weight of 66 grams
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 50 grams
- Bolaños woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Lesser bamboo rat with a weight of 472 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Wetzel’s climbing mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhipidomys wetzeli:
- Desmarest’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Siberian chipmunk bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Kimberley rock rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Arnhem Land rock rat bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Leschenault’s rousette bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Coruro bringing 101 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Splendid climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Long-clawed mole vole bringing 75 grams to the scale