It is hard to guess what a Hatt’s vesper rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hatt’s vesper rat (Otonyctomys hatti) on average weights 36 grams (0.08 lbs).
The Hatt’s vesper rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Otonyctomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.4 cm (0′ 3″).
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.
Hatt’s vesper rat (Otonyctomys hatti), also known as Hatt’s vesper mouse or Yucatán vesper rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Otonyctomys. It is named for its discoverer, Robert T. Hatt.
Animals of the same family as a Hatt’s vesper rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Charming thicket rat with a weight of 61 grams
- Namaqua rock rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Chiapan deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Ungava collared lemming with a weight of 57 grams
- Dollman’s tree mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Short-haired water rat with a weight of 33 grams
- Southern vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Slender harvest mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Allen’s cotton rat with a weight of 174 grams
- Gleaning mouse with a weight of 35 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Hatt’s vesper rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otonyctomys hatti:
- Malayan free-tailed bat bringing 31 grams to the scale
- Nigerian gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Brucepattersonius iheringi bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Irenomys bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Panama slender opossum bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Winter white dwarf hamster bringing 30 grams to the scale
- Spinifex hopping mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Ratanaworabhan’s fruit bat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil bringing 29 grams to the scale
- Cape golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale