It is hard to guess what a Akodon azarae weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Akodon azarae (Akodon azarae) on average weights 25 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Akodon azarae is from the family Muridae (genus: Akodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 58.3 cm (1′ 11″). On average, Akodon azaraes can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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.
Akodon azarae, also known as Azara’s akodont or Azara’s grass mouse, is a rodent species from South America. It is found from southernmost Brazil through Paraguay and Uruguay into eastern Argentina. It is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.
Animals of the same family as a Akodon azarae
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Geoxus valdivianus with a weight of 31 grams
- Lakeland Downs mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Stein’s rat with a weight of 151 grams
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 47 grams
- Rudd’s mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Mediterranean pine vole with a weight of 22 grams
- Bushy-tailed woodrat with a weight of 286 grams
- Mexican harvest mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Charming climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Akodon azarae
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Akodon azarae:
- Hazel dormouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s nectar bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Oligoryzomys nigripes bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Taiwan field mouse bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Golden mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Agile antechinus bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Blanford’s fruit bat bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Ugandan musk shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Bailey’s pocket mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Thespian grass mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Akodon azarae
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Akodon azarae: