It is hard to guess what a Black-clawed brush-furred rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black-clawed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys melanonyx) on average weights 10 grams (0.02 lbs).
The Black-clawed brush-furred rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Lophuromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.2 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 black-clawed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys melanonyx) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Ethiopia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Black-clawed brush-furred rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Andean big-eared mouse with a weight of 38 grams
- Desert mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Chiapan deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Eastern small-toothed rat with a weight of 357 grams
- Wagner’s gerbil with a weight of 27 grams
- Temchuk’s bolo mouse with a weight of 47 grams
- Gorongoza gerbil with a weight of 118 grams
- Alston’s cotton rat with a weight of 55 grams
- Reed vole with 5 babies per litter
- Jico deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Black-clawed brush-furred rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lophuromys melanonyx:
- Egyptian slit-faced bat bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Smaller horseshoe bat bringing 10 grams to the scale
- Western broad-nosed bat bringing 11 grams to the scale
- Dark kangaroo mouse bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Gray climbing mouse bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Chocolate wattled bat bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Tacarcuna bat bringing 12 grams to the scale
- Arctic shrew bringing 8 grams to the scale
- Paucident planigale bringing 9 grams to the scale
- Greater sac-winged bat bringing 8 grams to the scale