It is hard to guess what a Handleyomys alfaroi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Handleyomys alfaroi (Oryzomys alfaroi) on average weights 33 grams (0.07 lbs).
The Handleyomys alfaroi is from the family Muridae (genus: Oryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.62 meter (5′ 4″). Usually, Handleyomys alfarois have 3 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.
Handleyomys alfaroi, also known as Alfaro’s rice rat or Alfaro’s oryzomys, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It was previously included in Oryzomys as Oryzomys alfaroi. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical lowland or montane dry forests at elevations ranging from sea level to 2500 m.
Animals of the same family as a Handleyomys alfaroi
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Spy hocicudo with a weight of 81 grams
- Woolly giant rat with a weight of 116 grams
- New Guinean jumping mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Gray-bellied tree mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Slender Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Voalavoanala with a weight of 97 grams
- São Paulo grass mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- King rat (animal) with a weight of 420 grams
- Day’s grass mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Blanford’s rat with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Handleyomys alfaroi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryzomys alfaroi:
- Ecuadorian grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Black-eared mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Philippine pygmy squirrel bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Somali elephant shrew bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Anderson’s gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Yellow-necked mouse bringing 31 grams to the scale
- North African gerbil bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Gleaning mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Forest dormouse bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Silent grass mouse bringing 39 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Handleyomys alfaroi
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Handleyomys alfaroi: