It is hard to guess what a African grass rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) on average weights 95 grams (0.21 lbs).
The African grass rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Arvicanthis). It is usually born with about 4 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 5.5 cm (0′ 3″). On average, African grass rats can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 4.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) is a species of rodent in the family Murinae.
Animals of the same family as a African grass rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Black-eared mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Striped field mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Silky mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 117 grams
- Savile’s bandicoot rat with a weight of 260 grams
- Buxton’s jird with 5 babies per litter
- Bryant’s woodrat with a weight of 182 grams
- Definitive leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Large Japanese field mouse with a weight of 43 grams
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a weight of 22 grams
Animals with the same weight as a African grass rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Arvicanthis niloticus:
- Sage’s rock rat bringing 96 grams to the scale
- Pale leaf-eared mouse bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Kalinowski’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Highveld gerbil bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s gerbil bringing 101 grams to the scale
- Eastern mole bringing 87 grams to the scale
- Wetzel’s climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Water vole (North America) bringing 92 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a African grass rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a African grass rat: