It is hard to guess what a Venezuelan fish-eating rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Venezuelan fish-eating rat (Neusticomys venezuelae) on average weights 47 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Venezuelan fish-eating rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Neusticomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.8 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.
The Venezuelan fish-eating rat (Neusticomys venezuelae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Guyana and Venezuela.
Animals of the same family as a Venezuelan fish-eating rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Scolomys ucayalensis with a weight of 26 grams
- Plains harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Tarabundí vole with a weight of 36 grams
- Magdalena rat with a weight of 130 grams
- Least groove-toothed swamp rat with a weight of 50 grams
- Oreoryzomys with a weight of 60 grams
- Romanian hamster with a weight of 97 grams
- Incan hocicudo with a weight of 34 grams
- Anthony’s woodrat with a weight of 195 grams
- Abyssinian grass rat with a weight of 73 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Venezuelan fish-eating rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neusticomys venezuelae:
- Moss-forest rat bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Robbins’s tateril bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Four-toed jerboa bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Lukolela swamp rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Northern water rat bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Singing vole bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Gracile tateril bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Rufous elephant shrew bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Nayarit mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Cape short-eared gerbil bringing 54 grams to the scale