It is hard to guess what a Oecomys rutilus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Oecomys rutilus (Oecomys rutilus) on average weights 73 grams (0.16 lbs).
The Oecomys rutilus 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 rutilus, also known as the reddish oecomys or red 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 regions of Brazil and Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Oecomys rutilus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Nephelomys levipes with a weight of 60 grams
- Michoacan deer mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat with a weight of 138 grams
- Handleyomys intectus with a weight of 60 grams
- San Lorenzo mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Rümmler’s brush mouse with a weight of 29 grams
- Brown deer mouse with a weight of 66 grams
- European snow vole with a weight of 48 grams
- Mongolian gerbil with a weight of 57 grams
- Allen’s cotton rat with a weight of 174 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Oecomys rutilus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oecomys rutilus:
- Least weasel bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Vampyriscus nymphaea bringing 69 grams to the scale
- African wading rat bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Pyrenean desman bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse bringing 65 grams to the scale
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Aegialomys galapagoensis bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Aquatic rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa bringing 60 grams to the scale