It is hard to guess what a Mamore arboreal rice rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mamore arboreal rice rat (Oecomys mamorae) on average weights 62 grams (0.14 lbs).
The Mamore arboreal rice rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Oecomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.51 meter (5′ 0″).
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 mamore arboreal rice rat, (Oecomys mamorae), also known as the Mamore oecomys is an arboreal species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. Its distribution extends over much of Bolivia and into nearby Brazil and Paraguay. Although Oecomys has been recorded from Argentina, it is uncertain whether those records represent O. mamorae. It is found in a variety of habitats at elevations from 200 to 2100 m, where it feeds on fruit and green seeds.
Animals of the same family as a Mamore arboreal rice rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Bastard big-footed mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Crested-tailed deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Great Key Island giant rat with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Tondano rat with 4 babies per litter
- California red tree mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Northern collared lemming with a weight of 46 grams
- Irenomys with a weight of 43 grams
- Argentine hocicudo with a weight of 67 grams
- Woolly giant rat with a weight of 116 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mamore arboreal rice rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oecomys mamorae:
- Gray-collared chipmunk bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Snow-footed Oldfield mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Broad-footed climbing mouse bringing 57 grams to the scale
- Woosnam’s broad-headed mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Jentink’s flying squirrel bringing 56 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s rousette bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Desmarest’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Brown deer mouse bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Broad-footed mole bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Marmoset rat bringing 70 grams to the scale