It is hard to guess what a Holochilus chacarius weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Holochilus chacarius (Holochilus chacarius) on average weights 204 grams (0.45 lbs).
The Holochilus chacarius is from the family Muridae (genus: Holochilus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.3 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.
Holochilus chacarius, also known as the Chacoan marsh rat or Chaco marsh rat, is a semiaquatic rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Paraguay within the Gran Chaco.
Animals of the same family as a Holochilus chacarius
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Long-haired rat with a weight of 221 grams
- Vinogradov’s jird with a weight of 117 grams
- Oxymycterus hucucha with a weight of 67 grams
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat with a weight of 122 grams
- Sonoran harvest mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Long-nosed hocicudo with a weight of 67 grams
- Gray leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 68 grams
- Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat with a weight of 93 grams
- Andean rat with a weight of 53 grams
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same weight as a Holochilus chacarius
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Holochilus chacarius:
- Val’s gundi bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat bringing 220 grams to the scale
- Mountain weasel bringing 180 grams to the scale
- Southwestern water vole bringing 220 grams to the scale
- Annandale’s rat bringing 197 grams to the scale
- Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat bringing 221 grams to the scale
- Banks flying fox bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Ear-spot squirrel bringing 209 grams to the scale
- Maule tuco-tuco bringing 235 grams to the scale
- Shipton’s mountain cavy bringing 185 grams to the scale