It is hard to guess what a Handleyomys chapmani weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Handleyomys chapmani (Oryzomys chapmani) on average weights 49 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Handleyomys chapmani is from the family Muridae (genus: Oryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.2 cm (0′ 5″).
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 chapmani, also known as Chapman’s oryzomys or Chapman’s rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. It was previously placed in Oryzomys as Oryzomys chapmani, but has been provisionally transferred to the genus Handleyomys pending the description of a new genus to contain it.Chapman’s rice rat was named after Frank Michler Chapman.
Animals of the same family as a Handleyomys chapmani
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Western red-backed vole with a weight of 18 grams
- Large bamboo rat bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Greater mole-rat with a weight of 470 grams
- Tatra pine vole with 2 babies per litter
- Delany’s mouse with a weight of 4 grams
- Mindoro black rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Peterson’s chinchilla mouse with a weight of 83 grams
- Mayor’s mouse with 2 babies per litter
- White-bellied rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Delicate mouse with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Handleyomys chapmani
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryzomys chapmani:
- Chiapan deer mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Mexican mouse opossum bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Greater big-footed mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Brown mouse lemur bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Dryad shrew tenrec bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Oecomys concolor bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Chelemys megalonyx bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale