It is hard to guess what a Bismarck giant rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bismarck giant rat (Uromys neobritanicus) on average weights 613 grams (1.35 lbs).
The Bismarck giant rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Uromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.5 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Bismarck giant rat (Uromys neobritannicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Bismarck giant rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- European pine vole with a weight of 17 grams
- Winkelmann’s mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Ciscaucasian hamster with 9 babies per litter
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Long-footed water rat with a weight of 83 grams
- Patagonian chinchilla mouse with a weight of 75 grams
- Sandy inland mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Malagasy giant rat bringing 1.18 kilos (2.6 lbs) to the scale
- Caucasian snow vole with 5 babies per litter
- Yellow-necked mouse with a weight of 31 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bismarck giant rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Uromys neobritanicus:
- Mountain ground squirrel bringing 625 grams to the scale
- Dark spiny tree-rat bringing 627 grams to the scale
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel bringing 500 grams to the scale
- Bulmer’s fruit bat bringing 621 grams to the scale
- Big-headed African mole-rat bringing 622 grams to the scale
- Brown-tailed mongoose bringing 711 grams to the scale
- Amazon bamboo rat bringing 650 grams to the scale
- Brazilian guinea pig bringing 524 grams to the scale
- Lord Derby’s scaly-tailed squirrel bringing 665 grams to the scale
- Giant tree-rat bringing 584 grams to the scale