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How many babies does a Giant white-tailed rat have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Giant white-tailed rats are in a litter?

A Giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 38 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 20 grams (0.04 lbs) and measure 12.9 cm (0′ 6″). They are a member of the Muridae family (genus: Uromys). An adult Giant white-tailed rat grows up to a size of 28.3 cm (1′ 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 giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) is an Australian rodent native to tropical rainforest of north Queensland, with subspecies occurring in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. It is one of the largest rodents in Australia, reaching up to 1 kg in weight, is grey-brown above, cream to white below, and has a long, naked tail of which the distal section is white (Moore 1995).Breeding commences in September or October, peaking in December and January at the height of the wet season. After a gestation of 36 days, a litter of two to three (rarely four) young are born, and remain with the mother for approximately three months (Moore 1995).

Other animals of the family Muridae

Giant white-tailed rat is a member of the Muridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Giant white-tailed rat

Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Giant white-tailed rat

What other animals weight around 644 grams (1.42 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Giant white-tailed rat

Also reaching around 28.3 cm (1′ 0″) in size do these animals: