How big does a Lesser tree mouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Lesser tree mouse (Chiruromys vates) reaches an average size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 45 grams (0.1 lbs). A Lesser tree mouse has 1 babies at once. The Lesser tree mouse (genus: Chiruromys) is a member of the family Muridae.
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 lesser tree mouse (Chiruromys vates) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser tree mouse
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Black-tailed tree rat with a weight of 125 grams
- Ungava collared lemming with 3 babies per litter
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse with a weight of 47 grams
- Dolorous grass mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Northern pygmy mouse with a size of 6.4 cm (0′ 3″)
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Nephelomys keaysi with a weight of 58 grams
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Paramo hocicudo with a weight of 41 grams
Animals with the same size as a Lesser tree mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser tree mouse:
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- White-bellied slender opossum with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Eastern chestnut mouse with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Soft-furred Oldfield mouse with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Yellow-sided opossum with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Red-tailed phascogale with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Star-nosed mole with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Aegialomys galapagoensis with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Junin slender opossum with a size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lesser tree mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Lesser tree mouse:
- Northern cave bat
- Allen’s woodrat
- Little red brocket
- Variegated butterfly bat
- Common duiker
- Baiji
- Harnessed bushbuck
- Malayan civet
- Short-beaked echidna
- New Caledonia blossom bat
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser tree mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chiruromys vates:
- Guatemalan vole bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Tawny deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Ecuadorian grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Hartwig’s soft-furred mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Comoro rousette bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Guajira mouse opossum bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Lukolela swamp rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Alpine chipmunk bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale