It is hard to guess what a Chelemys megalonyx weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chelemys megalonyx (Chelemys megalonyx) on average weights 50 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Chelemys megalonyx is from the family Muridae (genus: Chelemys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.5 cm (0′ 9″).
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 megalonyx, also known as the large long-clawed mouse or large long-clawed akodont is a species of rodent in the genus Chelemys of family Cricetidae. It is endemic to central Chile.
Animals of the same family as a Chelemys megalonyx
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oligoryzomys longicaudatus with a weight of 27 grams
- Algerian mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Sagebrush vole with a weight of 28 grams
- Littledale’s whistling rat with a weight of 126 grams
- Slender Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Earless water rat with a weight of 168 grams
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse with a weight of 85 grams
- House mouse with a weight of 19 grams
- Guinean gerbil with a weight of 103 grams
- Tiny fat mouse with a weight of 5 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chelemys megalonyx
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chelemys megalonyx:
- Indian bush rat bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Chinanteco deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Miller’s striped mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Wolffsohn’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Uinta chipmunk bringing 51 grams to the scale
- Djoongari bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Nephelomys levipes bringing 60 grams to the scale