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Short-nosed harvest mouse size: How big do they get?

How big does a Short-nosed harvest mouse get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Short-nosed harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys brevirostris) reaches an average size of 7.2 cm (0′ 3″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 12 grams (0.03 lbs). A Short-nosed harvest mouse has 3 babies at once. The Short-nosed harvest mouse (genus: Reithrodontomys) 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 short-nosed harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys brevirostris) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Animals of the same family as a Short-nosed harvest mouse

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Short-nosed harvest mouse

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Short-nosed harvest mouse:

Animals with the same litter size as a Short-nosed harvest mouse

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Short-nosed harvest mouse:

Animals with the same weight as a Short-nosed harvest mouse

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Reithrodontomys brevirostris: