How many baby Blanford’s rats are in a litter?
A Blanford’s rat (Cremnomys blanfordi) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 18.02 kg (39.73 lbs) and measure 20.6 cm (0′ 9″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Cremnomys). An adult Blanford’s rat grows up to a size of 3 cm (0′ 2″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
Blanford’s rat (Madromys blanfordi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Madromys. Known as වලිග සුදු වන මීයා (meaning white-tailed wood rat) in Sinhala language.It is found throughout India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh (in Satkhira District).
Other animals of the family Muridae
Blanford’s rat is a member of the Muridae, as are these animals:
- Candango mouse weighting only 97 grams
- White-bellied Luzon tree rat raching a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Painted big-eared mouse weighting only 51 grams
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse weighting only 41 grams
- Southern pygmy mouse with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Oecomys cleberi weighting only 73 grams
- Steppe field mouse weighting only 20 grams
- Greater hamster-rat with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat weighting only 93 grams
- Stein’s paramelomys raching a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals that share a litter size with Blanford’s rat
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once: