It is hard to guess what a Argentine hocicudo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Argentine hocicudo (Oxymycterus akodontius) on average weights 67 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Argentine hocicudo is from the family Muridae (genus: Oxymycterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.97 meter (6′ 6″).
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.
The Argentine hocicudo (Oxymycterus akodontius) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in northern Argentina in yungas (eastern Andean mountain forest) habitat. The exact population is unknown as only three specimens have been collected and threats may be deforestation and overgrazing although the exact effects are unknown. Some authorities consider it to be conspecific with Oxymycterus paramensis, while others consider it distinct.
Animals of the same family as a Argentine hocicudo
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Golden hamster with a weight of 98 grams
- Northeast African mole-rat with a weight of 227 grams
- MacConnell’s climbing mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Irenomys with a weight of 43 grams
- Cloud forest grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Transcaspian vole with 2 babies per litter
- Wilson’s spiny mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Sooretamys with a weight of 100 grams
- Striped Atlantic Forest rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Smith’s vole with a weight of 35 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Argentine hocicudo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oxymycterus akodontius:
- Garlepp’s mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 80 grams to the scale
- Oecomys cleberi bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Andean swamp rat bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Indian desert jird bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Eastern rock elephant shrew bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Ungava collared lemming bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Hottentot golden mole bringing 65 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys keaysi bringing 58 grams to the scale