It is hard to guess what a Bismarck giant rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bismarck giant rat (Uromys neobritannicus) on average weights 612 grams (1.35 lbs).
The Bismarck giant rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Uromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.7 cm (0′ 8″).
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 Bismarck giant rat (Uromys neobritannicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Bismarck giant rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Greater long-tailed hamster with a weight of 13 grams
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 29 grams
- Definitive leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Père David’s vole with a weight of 19 grams
- Kaiser’s rock rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Chinese striped hamster with 6 babies per litter
- Puebla deer mouse with a weight of 59 grams
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Woosnam’s brush-furred rat with a weight of 42 grams
- Golden-backed tree-rat with a weight of 294 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bismarck giant rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Uromys neobritannicus:
- White-footed sportive lemur bringing 600 grams to the scale
- White-lipped tamarin bringing 509 grams to the scale
- Ashy-headed flying fox bringing 524 grams to the scale
- Grey-headed flying fox bringing 702 grams to the scale
- Golden-headed lion tamarin bringing 573 grams to the scale
- Variable pocket gopher bringing 615 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed bandicoot bringing 720 grams to the scale
- Bolivian bamboo rat bringing 729 grams to the scale
- Kashmir flying squirrel bringing 510 grams to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo bringing 499 grams to the scale