It is hard to guess what a Neacomys guianae weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Neacomys guianae (Neacomys guianae) on average weights 15 grams (0.03 lbs).
The Neacomys guianae is from the family Muridae (genus: Neacomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 38.8 cm (1′ 4″).
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.
Neacomys guianae, also known as the Guianan neacomys or Guiana bristly mouse, is a nocturnal rodent species from South America. It is found in lowland tropical rainforests in northeastern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Its diet consists of insects, seeds and fruit.
Animals of the same family as a Neacomys guianae
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Nikolaus’s mouse with a weight of 52 grams
- Andean gerbil mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Muskrat with a weight of 992 grams
- Verreaux’s mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Banana climbing mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Oldfield white-bellied rat with a weight of 81 grams
- Singing vole with a weight of 41 grams
- African wading rat with a weight of 62 grams
- Gleaning mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Transbaikal zokor with a weight of 259 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Neacomys guianae
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neacomys guianae:
- Para dog-faced bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 15 grams to the scale
- Davies’s big-eared bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- White-collared fruit bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Bonda mastiff bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- Central pebble-mound mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat bringing 14 grams to the scale
- Chestnut dunnart bringing 16 grams to the scale
- Monte gerbil mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Bogotá grass mouse bringing 13 grams to the scale