How big does a Japanese dormouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) reaches an average size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Talking about reproduction, Japanese dormouses have 4 babies about 1 times per year. The Japanese dormouse (genus: Glirulus) is a member of the family Myoxidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Japan. It is monotypic within the genus Glirulus. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In Japanese, it is called yamane (ヤマネ or 山鼠). Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at great speed upside down, suspended from branches. Its main food is insects, berries, nectar, or pollen. It tends to inhabit arboreal nesting sites to avoid interspecific competition with the small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus) because of their sympatric relationship.
Animals of the same family as a Japanese dormouse
We found other animals of the Myoxidae family:
- Graphiurus hueti with 3 babies per litter
- Asian garden dormouse with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Silent dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Hazel dormouse with a size of 7.6 cm (0′ 3″)
- Spectacled dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Jentink’s dormouse with 3 babies per litter
- Edible dormouse with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Kellen’s dormouse with 5 babies per litter
- Desert dormouse with a size of 8.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Woolly dormouse with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Japanese dormouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Japanese dormouse:
- Montane grass mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Woodford’s fruit bat with a size of 8.2 cm (0′ 4″)
- Long-tailed musk shrew with a size of 7.1 cm (0′ 3″)
- Cuban flower bat with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Tufted pygmy squirrel with a size of 8.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Common blossom bat with a size of 6.7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Drouhard’s shrew tenrec with a size of 7.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Pygmy short-tailed opossum with a size of 7 cm (0′ 3″)
- Shinto shrew with a size of 6.3 cm (0′ 3″)
- Lesser ranee mouse with a size of 6.5 cm (0′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Japanese dormouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Japanese dormouse: