It is hard to guess what a Bush vlei rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bush vlei rat (Otomys unisulcatus) on average weights 103 grams (0.23 lbs).
The Bush vlei rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Otomys). It is usually born with about 12 grams (0.03 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.3 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Bush vlei rats have 1 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 bush vlei rat or Karoo bush rat (Myotomys unisulcatus formerly Otomys unisulcatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. The Karoo rat uses behavioral adaptations to cope with the dry arid climate. It is a medium-sized rodent with a dark pellage on top and lighter underneath. It has light colored feet and a dark tail. The rat may have light colored fur around its eyes and the back of its ears.
Animals of the same family as a Bush vlei rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Splendid climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Van Deusen’s rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Saunder’s vlei rat with a weight of 34 grams
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with a weight of 10 grams
- Lataste’s gerbil with 4 babies per litter
- Oligoryzomys griseolus with a weight of 25 grams
- Luzon short-nosed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Eastern woodrat with a weight of 252 grams
- Long-nosed hocicudo with a weight of 67 grams
- Bolaños woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bush vlei rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otomys unisulcatus:
- Darling Downs hopping mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Kowari bringing 109 grams to the scale
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Ghana rufous-nosed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum bringing 119 grams to the scale
- Ellerman’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Burrowing chinchilla mouse bringing 83 grams to the scale
- Brooke’s squirrel bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Ansell’s mole-rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Major’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 100 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Bush vlei rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bush vlei rat:
- Gray slender opossum with a size of 13 cm (0′ 6″)
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Chestnut-striped opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Maritime striped squirrel with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray mouse lemur with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Senegal bushbaby with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Phillips’s gerbil with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Greater tree mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Pale field rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bush vlei rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bush vlei rat: