It is hard to guess what a Oligoryzomys magellanicus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Oligoryzomys magellanicus (Oligoryzomys magellanicus) on average weights 25 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Oligoryzomys magellanicus is from the family Muridae (genus: Oligoryzomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2 meter (6′ 7″).
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 magellanicus, also known as the Patagonian colilargo and the Magellanic pygmy rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of the family Cricetidae. It is found in the southernmost parts of Argentina and Chile, including Tierra del Fuego and other outlying islands. Its karyotype has 2n = 54 and FNa = 66.
Animals of the same family as a Oligoryzomys magellanicus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- White-tailed rat with a weight of 86 grams
- Norway lemming with a weight of 67 grams
- Northern collared lemming with a weight of 58 grams
- White-footed mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Arizona woodrat with a weight of 200 grams
- Pearson’s chaco mouse with a weight of 25 grams
- Guinean gerbil with a weight of 102 grams
- Euryoryzomys nitidus with a weight of 55 grams
- Pale leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 102 grams
- Macmillan’s thicket rat with a weight of 37 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Oligoryzomys magellanicus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oligoryzomys magellanicus:
- Carpentarian dunnart bringing 25 grams to the scale
- One-toothed shrew mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Tschudi’s yellow-shouldered bat bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Little yellow-shouldered bat bringing 20 grams to the scale
- Kangaroo Island dunnart bringing 22 grams to the scale
- Philippine pygmy squirrel bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Shadowy broad-nosed bat bringing 25 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Wimmer’s shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Large slit-faced bat bringing 29 grams to the scale