It is hard to guess what a Brucepattersonius iheringi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brucepattersonius iheringi (Oxymycterus iheringi) on average weights 43 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Brucepattersonius iheringi 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.
Brucepattersonius iheringi, also known as Ihering’s akodont, Ihering’s hocicudo, or Ihering’s brucie, is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It occurs in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, and nearby Misiones Province, Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Brucepattersonius iheringi
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Smoky grass mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Oecomys bicolor with a weight of 37 grams
- Lesser bandicoot rat with a weight of 227 grams
- Lesser hamster-rat with a weight of 75 grams
- Cozumel harvest mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Southern African vlei rat with a weight of 114 grams
- Oligoryzomys microtis with a weight of 22 grams
- Small Luzon forest mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Gray-tailed vole with a weight of 29 grams
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse with a weight of 42 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Brucepattersonius iheringi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oxymycterus iheringi:
- Neuquén grass mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Ammodile bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Caatinga vesper mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- El Dorado grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Sclater’s golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Himalayan striped squirrel bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 46 grams to the scale
- El Carrizo deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Small Luzon forest mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale