It is hard to guess what a White-footed climbing mouse weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus) on average weights 40 grams (0.09 lbs).
The White-footed 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.
The white-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus) is a species of South American rodent found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. It is the type species of the genus and the type location was the lower eastern slopes of the Andes in central Peru.
Animals of the same family as a White-footed climbing mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Ilin Island cloudrunner with a size of 25.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Tristram’s jird with a weight of 112 grams
- Four-striped grass mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Macmillan’s thicket rat with a weight of 37 grams
- Chiapan deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Hinde’s rock rat with a weight of 141 grams
- Handleyomys alfaroi with a weight of 33 grams
- Crete spiny mouse with a weight of 62 grams
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Puno grass mouse with a weight of 30 grams
Animals with the same weight as a White-footed climbing mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhipidomys leucodactylus:
- El Carrizo deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Neuquén grass mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Panamint kangaroo rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Midas free-tailed bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Kelaart’s long-clawed shrew bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Fawn hopping mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Sepia short-tailed opossum bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Northern grass mouse bringing 44 grams to the scale