It is hard to guess what a Scolomys ucayalensis weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Scolomys ucayalensis (Scolomys ucayalensis) on average weights 26 grams (0.06 lbs).
The Scolomys ucayalensis is from the family Muridae (genus: Scolomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.6 cm (0′ 10″).
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.
Scolomys ucayalensis, also known as the long-nosed scolomys or Ucayali spiny mouse is a nocturnal rodent species from South America. It is part of the genus Scolomys within the tribe Oryzomyini. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in various different habitats in the Amazon rainforest.
Animals of the same family as a Scolomys ucayalensis
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Kaiser’s rock rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Mexican woodrat with a weight of 203 grams
- Spy hocicudo with a weight of 81 grams
- Transcaucasian mole vole with 4 babies per litter
- Moss-forest rat with a weight of 46 grams
- Golden hamster with a weight of 98 grams
- Mitchell’s hopping mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Malayan mountain spiny rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Eastern heather vole with a weight of 27 grams
- Southern African vlei rat with a weight of 114 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Scolomys ucayalensis
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Scolomys ucayalensis:
- Bailey’s pocket mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s big-eyed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Northern grasshopper mouse bringing 27 grams to the scale
- Ugandan musk shrew bringing 23 grams to the scale
- Large slit-faced bat bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Angolan free-tailed bat bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Olive grass mouse bringing 26 grams to the scale
- Eva’s desert mouse bringing 21 grams to the scale
- Tufted pygmy squirrel bringing 24 grams to the scale
- Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum bringing 28 grams to the scale