It is hard to guess what a Oligoryzomys flavescens weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Oligoryzomys flavescens (Oligoryzomys flavescens) on average weights 21 grams (0.05 lbs).
The Oligoryzomys flavescens is from the family Muridae (genus: Oligoryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2 meter (6′ 7″). Usually, Oligoryzomys flavescenss have 5 babies per litter.
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.
Oligoryzomys flavescens, also known as the flavescent colilargo or yellow pygmy rice rat is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in southern South America, occurring in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Its karyotype has 2n = 64-66 and FNa = 66-70.
Animals of the same family as a Oligoryzomys flavescens
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Summit rat with a weight of 107 grams
- Sakhalin vole with 7 babies per litter
- Hairy-footed gerbil with a weight of 25 grams
- Social vole with a weight of 48 grams
- Oligoryzomys microtis with a weight of 22 grams
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 117 grams
- Least gerbil with a weight of 26 grams
- Hooper’s mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Major’s pine vole with 3 babies per litter
- White-footed climbing mouse with a weight of 40 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Oligoryzomys flavescens
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oligoryzomys flavescens:
- White-footed mouse bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Bonda mastiff bat bringing 17 grams to the scale
- White-collared fruit bat bringing 18 grams to the scale
- Woolly dormouse bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Zenker’s fruit bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- White-footed dunnart bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Northern bog lemming bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Northern three-striped opossum bringing 19 grams to the scale
- Steppe lemming bringing 20 grams to the scale
- White-lined broad-nosed bat bringing 24 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Oligoryzomys flavescens
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Oligoryzomys flavescens: