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How much does a Brants’s whistling rat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Brants’s whistling rat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Brants’s whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) on average weights 129 grams (0.28 lbs).

The Brants’s whistling rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Parotomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51.7 cm (1′ 9″). On average, Brants’s whistling rats can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 2.

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 average adult weight of a Brants's whistling rat is 129 grams (0.28 lbs)

Brants’s whistling rat or Brants’ whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland. It was first described in 1834 by the Scottish zoologist Andrew Smith who named it in honour of the Dutch zoologist and author Anton Brants.

Animals of the same family as a Brants’s whistling rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Brants’s whistling rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Parotomys brantsii:

Animals with the same litter size as a Brants’s whistling rat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Brants’s whistling rat: