It is hard to guess what a Obi mosaic-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Obi mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys obiensis) on average weights 71 grams (0.16 lbs).
The Obi mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.7 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Obi mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys obiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Indonesia.
Animals of the same family as a Obi mosaic-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 34 grams
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 86 grams
- Candango mouse with a weight of 97 grams
- Mexican volcano mouse with a weight of 44 grams
- Wagner’s gerbil with a weight of 27 grams
- Red spiny rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Gray-tailed vole with a weight of 29 grams
- Golden-backed tree-rat with a weight of 294 grams
- Western shrew mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Altiplano chinchilla mouse with a weight of 170 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Obi mosaic-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys obiensis:
- Biting chinchilla mouse bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Daphne’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Glacier rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa bringing 59 grams to the scale
- Greater musky fruit bat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Southern big-eared mouse bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Webb’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 61 grams to the scale
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Chestnut white-bellied rat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Leschenault’s rousette bringing 84 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Obi mosaic-tailed rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Obi mosaic-tailed rat:
- Moss-forest rat with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Philippine tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Big-eared climbing rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Narrow-striped marsupial shrew with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Townsend’s vole with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Desert kangaroo rat with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray-bellied caenolestid with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Pseudoryzomys with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mongolian gerbil with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Southern African vlei rat with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)