How big does a Florida naked-tailed rat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Florida naked-tailed rat (Solomys salamonis) reaches an average size of 27 cm (0′ 11″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Florida naked-tailed rat (genus: Solomys) is a member of the family Muridae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Florida naked-tailed rat (Solomys salamonis) is a poorly known and possible extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was confined to the Nggela Islands (previously known as Florida Islands) in the Solomon Islands. The originally mentioned type locality Ugi Island is an erratum.
Animals of the same family as a Florida naked-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Bush rat with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Taiga vole with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Abyssinian grass rat with a weight of 73 grams
- Candango mouse with a weight of 97 grams
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Broad-footed climbing mouse with a weight of 57 grams
- Rhoads’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Cursor grass mouse with a size of 3.7 cm (0′ 2″)
- Olive grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Giant naked-tailed rat with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same size as a Florida naked-tailed rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Florida naked-tailed rat:
- Gray-bellied night monkey with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Gray four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Black-shouldered opossum with a size of 23.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Guyenne spiny rat with a size of 22 cm (0′ 9″)
- Hammer-headed bat with a size of 22.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Eastern small-toothed rat with a size of 24.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Bolivian tuco-tuco with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Buffy-headed marmoset with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)