The largest mouse in the world

Domestic mice are charming, attractive, and cute in their own way. The more the pet grows, the funnier the owners. No one wants to meet a giant creature in a dark alley. It remains an interesting question to what extent a familiar gray animal can grow and how much the largest mouse weighs.

Guinness World Records

The mouse family is the most numerous species of mammals. More than 70 varieties of micethat run around the ground and several dozen volatile. A photo of the world's largest mouse with wings was presented for public viewing on the Internet. The giant wing is listed in the Guinness Book, striking in size, unusual appearance.

The animal belongs to the species of flying foxes. It differs not only by its huge wingspan, but also by its golden hue, which resembles a fox coat.

An amazing mammal with the ability to fly leads a vegetarian lifestyle, found in a tropical area on the islands of Oceania. You can meet an unusual “bird” in Australia, Africa.

The length of the body is about 50 cm, the wingspan is 180 cm. For the Guinness Book record holder, the wings fly open 2 meters long. The largest mouse weighs about 1.5 kg. Precisely weigh, for some reason failed.

Interesting!

An ordinary bat grows 7 cm in length, wingspan is only 20 cm. A giant congener significantly exceeds these sizes.

Land mouse

The largest mouse in the world of terrestrial creatures is found in the mountains, received the corresponding name. In appearance, more like an elegant, sophisticated the rat. The body reaches a length of 17 cm, the tail itself makes up the same amount. A large animal weighs about 60 g. Height within 7 cm.

Another major representative is Asian. It differs from the mountain structure of teeth, jaw, from field and forest mouse - the absence of a dark strip on the back, gray abdomen. The color is red, ocher, brown. The body length of the female is 12 cm. The tail is 90% of the length of the body. Weight exceeds 50g.

Since such rodents do not occur in our area, the question remains how much an ordinary gray pest can grow, which lives in gardens, kitchen gardens, houses, apartments.

Sizes of a gray rodent

The house mouse is the most numerous species of rodents. It lives everywhere, is known all over the world, except for the territory covered with ice. There is no animal high in the mountains, but it lives quietly at the foot. With the onset of cold weather house mouse he moves closer to the houses of a person, successfully winters, and in the spring he again goes to the natural environment.

The body is only 10 cm. The animal does not grow larger, genetics does not allow. Even in laboratory conditions, it was not possible to overcome this boundary. Tail 60% of the body length. The maximum weight is 30 g. The color is dominated by gray, but there are regional differences. There is sandy, black, dark brown. Among domesticated pets - white, blue.

On a note!

In the wild, the average size of an ordinary mouse is 8 cm body length, 5 cm tail, weight 25 g. You cannot even call the largest local rodent a giant.

The largest mouse in the world can be seen in the photo on the Internet or while traveling in warm countries. In our area, rodents are not impressive in size.Tales of huge creatures in underground tunnels, mines - a game of imagination.