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How many babies does a Common rufous-nosed rat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Common rufous-nosed rats are in a litter?

A Common rufous-nosed rat (Oenomys hypoxanthus) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 2.95 kg (6.5 lbs) and measure 5.7 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Oenomys). An adult Common rufous-nosed rat grows up to a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″).

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.

The common rufous-nosed rat (Oenomys hypoxanthus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

Other animals of the family Muridae

Common rufous-nosed rat is a member of the Muridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Common rufous-nosed rat

Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Common rufous-nosed rat

What other animals weight around 89 grams (0.2 lbs)?