It is hard to guess what a Hylaeamys yunganus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hylaeamys yunganus (Oryzomys yunganus) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Hylaeamys yunganus is from the family Muridae (genus: Oryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16 cm (0′ 7″).
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.
Hylaeamys yunganus, also known as the Amazonian oryzomys or Yungas rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest throughout Amazonia, in northeastern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil. A closely related species, Hylaeamys tatei, occurs only in a small area in eastern Ecuador. Both were previously placed in Oryzomys.
Animals of the same family as a Hylaeamys yunganus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Golden mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Marmoset rat with a weight of 70 grams
- Venezuelan fish-eating rat with a weight of 47 grams
- Peruvian fish-eating rat with a weight of 40 grams
- Puno grass mouse with a weight of 30 grams
- Campbell’s dwarf hamster with a weight of 27 grams
- Nyika climbing mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Chestnut white-bellied rat with a weight of 81 grams
- Smoky mouse with a weight of 68 grams
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 82 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hylaeamys yunganus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryzomys yunganus:
- Sulawesi rousette bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Togo mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Pyrenean desman bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Western mastiff bat bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Gaumer’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Sambirano mouse lemur bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s mole bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys intectus bringing 60 grams to the scale