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How much does a Bushy-tailed woodrat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Bushy-tailed woodrat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) on average weights 286 grams (0.63 lbs).

The Bushy-tailed woodrat is from the family Muridae (genus: Neotoma). It is usually born with about 14 grams (0.03 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20.9 cm (0′ 9″). On average, Bushy-tailed woodrats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 3.

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 Bushy-tailed woodrat is 286 grams (0.63 lbs)

The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (Neotoma cinerea) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States.Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland.The bushy-tailed woodrat is the original “pack rat”, the species in which the trading habit is most pronounced. It has a strong preference for shiny objects and will drop whatever it may be carrying in favor of a coin or a spoon.

Animals of the same family as a Bushy-tailed woodrat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Bushy-tailed woodrat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neotoma cinerea:

Animals with the same size as a Bushy-tailed woodrat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bushy-tailed woodrat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Bushy-tailed woodrat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Bushy-tailed woodrat: