It is hard to guess what a Microryzomys altissimus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Microryzomys altissimus (Microryzomys altissimus) on average weights 13 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Microryzomys altissimus is from the family Muridae (genus: Microryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.6 cm (0′ 3″).
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.
Microryzomys altissimus, also known as the Páramo colilargo or highland small rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Microryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, but the Colombian segment may be a separate species.
Animals of the same family as a Microryzomys altissimus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Transcaspian vole with 2 babies per litter
- Long-tailed vole with a weight of 44 grams
- Striped Atlantic Forest rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Bolam’s mouse with a weight of 15 grams
- Coxing’s white-bellied rat with a weight of 80 grams
- Nectomys squamipes with a weight of 185 grams
- Little Indian field mouse with a weight of 13 grams
- Pouched gerbil with a weight of 10 grams
- Wetzel’s climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Narrow-headed vole with 8 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Microryzomys altissimus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microryzomys altissimus:
- Nyika climbing mouse bringing 15 grams to the scale
- California leaf-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Short-headed broad-nosed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Lesser noctule bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Ooldea dunnart bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Roberts’s flat-headed bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Orange nectar bat bringing 13 grams to the scale
- Lesser large-headed shrew bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Taiva shrew tenrec bringing 12 grams to the scale