It is hard to guess what a Mindomys weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mindomys (Oryzomys hammondi) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Mindomys is from the family Muridae (genus: Oryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.2 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Mindomys hammondi, also known as Hammond’s rice rat or Hammond’s oryzomys, is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Formerly considered to be related with Nectomys, Sigmodontomys, Megalomys, or Oryzomys, it is now placed in its own genus, Mindomys, but its relationships remain obscure; some evidence supports a placement near Oecomys or as a basal member of Oryzomyini.Mindomys hammondi is known only from Ecuador, where it occurs in montane forest; a record from the Amazon basin lowlands is dubious. Reportedly, it lives on the ground and is associated with water; other suggest it lives in trees. A large, long-tailed, and long-whiskered rat, its fur is buff above and abruptly lighter below. The front part of the skull (rostrum) is heavily built.The species is named after the collector who first found it, Gilbert Hammond. He supplied natural history specimens to Oldfield Thomas and others.
Animals of the same family as a Mindomys
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Bibimys chacoensis with a weight of 28 grams
- Miller’s striped mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Drylands vesper mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Goldman’s woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse with a weight of 85 grams
- Tatra pine vole with 2 babies per litter
- Bower’s white-toothed rat with a weight of 355 grams
- Long-haired rat with a weight of 221 grams
- Oldfield white-bellied rat with a weight of 81 grams
- Large vlei rat with a weight of 192 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mindomys
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryzomys hammondi:
- Oecomys concolor bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Pygmy treeshrew bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Feather-tailed possum bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s vole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Crab-eating rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Small Japanese mole bringing 65 grams to the scale
- Togo mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Pohle’s fruit bat bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Heath mouse bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Polynesian rat bringing 50 grams to the scale