It is hard to guess what a Hispid hocicudo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hispid hocicudo (Oxymycterus hispidus) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Hispid hocicudo is from the family Muridae (genus: Oxymycterus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.97 meter (6′ 6″).
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.
The hispid hocicudo (Oxymycterus hispidus) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina and Brazil, in the Atlantic Forest.
Animals of the same family as a Hispid hocicudo
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Nectomys rattus with a weight of 249 grams
- Dollman’s melomys with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Puebla deer mouse with a weight of 59 grams
- Hastings River mouse with a weight of 95 grams
- Poncelet’s giant rat bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Namaqua rock rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Edith’s leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Crested-tailed deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Altiplano grass mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Southern red-backed vole with a weight of 19 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hispid hocicudo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oxymycterus hispidus:
- Mindanao montane forest mouse bringing 34 grams to the scale
- Macmillan’s thicket rat bringing 37 grams to the scale
- Djoongari bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Defua rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Tarabundí vole bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Florida mouse bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Naked-rumped pouched bat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Northern hopping mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Gleaning mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- California red tree mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale