It is hard to guess what a Angoni vlei rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Angoni vlei rat (Otomys angoniensis) on average weights 100 grams (0.22 lbs).
The Angoni vlei rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Otomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Angoni vlei rats have 2 babies per litter.
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 Angoni vlei rat (Otomys angoniensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and pastureland. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Angoni vlei rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Highland brush mouse with a weight of 54 grams
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Roraima mouse with a weight of 33 grams
- Fat sand rat with a weight of 102 grams
- Glacier rat with a weight of 64 grams
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 71 grams
- Indian gerbil with a weight of 138 grams
- Incan hocicudo with a weight of 34 grams
- Bavarian pine vole with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Molina’s grass mouse with a weight of 33 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Angoni vlei rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otomys angoniensis:
- Commerson’s roundleaf bat bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Greater spear-nosed bat bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Fat sand rat bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Gray short-tailed opossum bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Bartels’s spiny rat bringing 88 grams to the scale
- Darling Downs hopping mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Tiny tuco-tuco bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Damaraland mole-rat bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Peterson’s chinchilla mouse bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Stolzmann’s crab-eating rat bringing 84 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Angoni vlei rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Angoni vlei rat:
- Marajó short-tailed opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Baird’s pocket gopher with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
- Arends’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-tailed mouse with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Palawan soft-furred mountain rat with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Townsend’s chipmunk with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Broad-footed mole with a size of 14.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Angoni vlei rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Angoni vlei rat: