It is hard to guess what a Oecomys rex weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Oecomys rex (Oecomys rex) on average weights 73 grams (0.16 lbs).
The Oecomys rex 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.
Oecomys rex, also known as the regal oecomys or king arboreal rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and nearby parts of Venezuela and Brazil.
Animals of the same family as a Oecomys rex
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Jico deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Yellow-bellied climbing mouse with a weight of 59 grams
- Tristram’s jird with a weight of 112 grams
- Steppe mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Desert woodrat with a weight of 144 grams
- Togo mouse with a weight of 55 grams
- Gorongoza gerbil with a weight of 119 grams
- Puna mouse with a weight of 84 grams
- Dark bolo mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Spy hocicudo with a weight of 81 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Oecomys rex
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oecomys rex:
- Bushveld gerbil bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi rousette bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Himalayan mole bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Arianus’s rat bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Smoky mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Geoffroy’s rousette bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Oecomys superans bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Insular vole bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Master leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale