It is hard to guess what a Aegialomys xanthaeolus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Aegialomys xanthaeolus (Oryzomys xantheolus) on average weights 79 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Aegialomys xanthaeolus is from the family Muridae (genus: Oryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16 cm (0′ 7″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Aegialomys xanthaeolus, also known as the yellowish oryzomys or yellowish rice rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the genus Aegialomys in tribe Oryzomyini, which was not recognized as distinct from Oryzomys until 2006. It is found in coastal Ecuador and Peru. Though it is currently the only formally recognized mainland species of Aegialomys, at least one other exists. The specific name is sometimes incorrectly spelled “xantheolus”, without the second “a”.
Animals of the same family as a Aegialomys xanthaeolus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Abrothrix jelskii with a weight of 34 grams
- Fringe-tailed gerbil with a weight of 95 grams
- Big-eared hopping mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Pale gerbil with a weight of 52 grams
- Yucatan deer mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Western chestnut mouse with a weight of 70 grams
- Luzon short-nosed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Jico deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Peruvian fish-eating rat with a weight of 40 grams
- Mount Isarog shrew-mouse with a weight of 35 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Aegialomys xanthaeolus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryzomys xantheolus:
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Nimba otter shrew bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Desmarest’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Big-eared kangaroo rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Mountain spiny pocket mouse bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Nilgiri striped squirrel bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon antechinus bringing 71 grams to the scale