How big does a Pacific jumping mouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Pacific jumping mouse (Zapus trinotatus) reaches an average size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 27 grams (0.06 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Pacific jumping mouses have 5 babies about 1 times per year. The Pacific jumping mouse (genus: Zapus) is a member of the family Dipodidae.
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 Pacific jumping mouse (Zapus trinotatus) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps.
Animals of the same family as a Pacific jumping mouse
We found other animals of the Dipodidae family:
- Greater fat-tailed jerboa with 5 babies per litter
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Severtzov’s jerboa with 3 babies per litter
- Southern birch mouse with a weight of 11 grams
- Euphrates jerboa with 5 babies per litter
- Northern birch mouse with 4 babies per litter
- Four-toed jerboa with a weight of 52 grams
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa with a size of 10.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Blanford’s jerboa with 4 babies per litter
- Great jerboa with 3 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Pacific jumping mouse
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pacific jumping mouse:
- Woodland jumping mouse with a size of 9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Stolička’s mountain vole with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Salim Ali’s fruit bat with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Elegant water shrew with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Goodwin’s broad-clawed shrew with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Bailey’s pocket mouse with a size of 9.4 cm (0′ 4″)
- Robert’s hocicudo with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Sandstone false antechinus with a size of 9.6 cm (0′ 4″)
- California mouse with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Japanese water shrew with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Pacific jumping mouse
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Pacific jumping mouse:
- Mountain weasel
- Hildegarde’s broad-headed mouse
- Four-striped grass mouse
- New Guinean rat
- Fringe-tailed gerbil
- Rufous mouse opossum
- Gansu shrew
- House mouse
- Kultarr
- Spectacled dormouse
Animals with the same weight as a Pacific jumping mouse
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Zapus trinotatus:
- Wrinkle-faced bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Hairy-legged vampire bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Malayan free-tailed bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Smoky grass mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Brazilian gracile opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Railer bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Grey dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Tufted pygmy squirrel bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Northern gracile opossum bringing 23 grams to the scale