It is hard to guess what a Ruwenzori thicket rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ruwenzori thicket rat (Grammomys ibeanus) on average weights 41 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Ruwenzori thicket rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Grammomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
The Ruwenzori thicket rat (Grammomys ibeanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Ruwenzori thicket rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oecomys concolor with a weight of 54 grams
- Mindanao shrew-rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Peruvian vesper mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Bushy-tailed woodrat with a weight of 286 grams
- Little wood mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Stephen’s woodrat with a weight of 149 grams
- Colombian forest mouse with a weight of 19 grams
- Chiruromys lamia with a weight of 47 grams
- Grant’s rock mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Northern hopping mouse with a weight of 38 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ruwenzori thicket rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Grammomys ibeanus:
- White-ankled mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Abrothrix illuteus bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Cairo spiny mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Verreaux’s mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Japanese water shrew bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Shining thicket rat bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Yellow-footed antechinus bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Wolffsohn’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Hooper’s mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Gracile tateril bringing 49 grams to the scale