It is hard to guess what a Big-eared swamp rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Big-eared swamp rat (Malacomys longipes) on average weights 95 grams (0.21 lbs).
The Big-eared swamp rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Malacomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 59.5 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Big-eared swamp rats have 2 babies per litter.
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 big-eared swamp rat (Malacomys longipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Big-eared swamp rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- One-toothed shrew mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Taczanowski’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Guinea multimammate mouse with a weight of 64 grams
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat with a weight of 356 grams
- Winkelmann’s mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 78 grams
- Scolomys melanops with a weight of 26 grams
- Mediterranean pine vole with a weight of 22 grams
- Arianus’s rat with a weight of 70 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Big-eared swamp rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Malacomys longipes:
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Hero shrew bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s chipmunk bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Persian jird bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Roman mole bringing 92 grams to the scale
- European mole bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Dusky spiny tree-rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Slender treeshrew bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Horsfield’s tarsier bringing 114 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Big-eared swamp rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Big-eared swamp rat: