It is hard to guess what a Handleyomys melanotis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Handleyomys melanotis (Oryzomys melanotis) on average weights 50 grams (0.11 lbs).
The Handleyomys melanotis is from the family Muridae (genus: Oryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.2 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Handleyomys melanotiss 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 melanotis, also known as the black-eared oryzomys or black-eared rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Handleyomys melanotis
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Pearson’s chaco mouse with a weight of 25 grams
- Turkestan rat with 4 babies per litter
- Northern bog lemming with a weight of 21 grams
- King rat (animal) with a weight of 420 grams
- Brown rat with a weight of 282 grams
- Günther’s vole with a weight of 50 grams
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat with a weight of 186 grams
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Handleyomys fuscatus with a weight of 49 grams
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Handleyomys melanotis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryzomys melanotis:
- Grant’s rock mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Horsfield’s fruit bat bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Moss-forest rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Ivory Coast rat bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied climbing mouse bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Red-nosed mouse bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Greater bulldog bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Brock’s yellow-eared bat bringing 48 grams to the scale
- European snow vole bringing 48 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Handleyomys melanotis
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Handleyomys melanotis: