It is hard to guess what a Chelemys macronyx weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chelemys macronyx (Chelemys macronyx) on average weights 72 grams (0.16 lbs).
The Chelemys macronyx is from the family Muridae (genus: Chelemys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.5 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Chelemys macronyxs have 4 babies per litter.
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.
Chelemys macronyx, also known as the Andean long-clawed mouse or Andean long-clawed akodont, is a species of rodent in the genus Chelemys of family Cricetidae. It is native to Argentina and Chile, where it is found in Patagonian Nothofagus forest and adjacent grasslands.
Animals of the same family as a Chelemys macronyx
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Dormouse tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 69 grams
- Akodon albiventer with a weight of 26 grams
- Akodon boliviensis with a weight of 27 grams
- Goldman’s woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Deroo’s mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Nectomys squamipes with a weight of 185 grams
- Sooretamys with a weight of 144 grams
- Cutch rat with 5 babies per litter
- Dolorous grass mouse with a weight of 50 grams
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse with a weight of 41 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chelemys macronyx
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chelemys macronyx:
- Aegialomys galapagoensis bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Sundevall’s jird bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Petter’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Northern rufous mouse lemur bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Paramo Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Zambian mole-rat bringing 76 grams to the scale
- Japanese mole bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Oryzomys gorgasi bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Small Japanese mole bringing 65 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Chelemys macronyx
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Chelemys macronyx: