It is hard to guess what a Zygodontomys brunneus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Zygodontomys brunneus (Zygodontomys brunneus) on average weights 75 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Zygodontomys brunneus is from the family Muridae (genus: Zygodontomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.8 cm (0′ 4″).
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.
Zygodontomys brunneus, also known as the brown zygodont, brown cane mouse, or Colombian cane mouse, is a rodent species in the genus Zygodontomys of tribe Oryzomyini. It is found only in Colombia.
Animals of the same family as a Zygodontomys brunneus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Brush mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Pleasant bolo mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Small vesper mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Middendorf’s vole with 5 babies per litter
- Hastings River mouse with a weight of 95 grams
- Bogotá grass mouse with a weight of 13 grams
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 117 grams
- Northern Luzon shrew-rat with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Osgood’s mouse with a weight of 27 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Zygodontomys brunneus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Zygodontomys brunneus:
- Atherton antechinus bringing 76 grams to the scale
- Petter’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Charming thicket rat bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Angular hocicudo bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys russatus bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Montane Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Argentine hocicudo bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Palmer’s chipmunk bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Stephens’s kangaroo rat bringing 68 grams to the scale