It is hard to guess what a Oligoryzomys longicaudatus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus) on average weights 27 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Oligoryzomys longicaudatus is from the family Muridae (genus: Oligoryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2 meter (6′ 7″). Usually, Oligoryzomys longicaudatuss have 4 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 longicaudatus, also known as the long-tailed colilargo or long-tailed pygmy rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of the family Cricetidae. It is found in the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina, with an outlying population in eastern Argentina. As a common species with a wide range and a stable population, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this rodent as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Woodland Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- False water rat with a weight of 45 grams
- Neacomys guianae with a weight of 15 grams
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 20 grams
- Alston’s cotton rat with a weight of 55 grams
- Plains harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Western heather vole with a weight of 25 grams
- Banana climbing mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Western water rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Cheesman’s gerbil with a weight of 28 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oligoryzomys longicaudatus:
- Hairy big-eyed bat bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Eastern false pipistrelle bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Chiriqui harvest mouse bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Brazilian gracile opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Harlequin bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Northern gracile opossum bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Southern African spiny mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Common sheath-tailed bat bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Sagebrush vole bringing 28 grams to the scale
- Sinaloan mastiff bat bringing 22 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Oligoryzomys longicaudatus: