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

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

A Masked white-tailed rat (Uromys hadrourus) usually gives birth to around 3 babies.

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 Masked white-tailed rat grows up to a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″).

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 masked white-tailed rat (Uromys hadrourus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia, in north-east Queensland.Descriptive English common names for this species include Masked White-tailed Rat and Thornton Peak Uromys. During the 1990s there was a push for such names to be replaced with indigenous Australian names, and accordingly, in 1995 the Australian Nature Conservation Agency published recommendations for the common names of rodents. They failed to identify any indigenous Australian names for U. hadrourus, so recommended the adoption of the name Kuku, the Kuku-Yalanki name for any rat. However this recommendation was not prescriptive, and it remains to be seen to what extent it will be adopted.

Other animals of the family Muridae

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

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

Those animals also give birth to 3 babies at once:

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

What other animals weight around 149 grams (0.33 lbs)?

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

Also reaching around 13.5 cm (0′ 6″) in size do these animals: