It is hard to guess what a Cape York melomys weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cape York melomys (Melomys capensis) on average weights 70 grams (0.15 lbs).
The Cape York melomys is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.6 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 Cape York mosaic-tailed rat, or Cape York melomys (Melomys capensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Australia, on the Cape York Peninsula.
Animals of the same family as a Cape York melomys
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Candango mouse with a weight of 97 grams
- Large Japanese field mouse with a weight of 43 grams
- Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Northern water rat with a weight of 54 grams
- Texas mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Strong-tailed Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Isabel naked-tailed rat with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
- Paramo hocicudo with a weight of 41 grams
- Ladew’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Brazilian shrew mouse with a weight of 36 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Cape York melomys
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys capensis:
- Common mole-rat bringing 74 grams to the scale
- North American brown lemming bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Heath mouse bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Paramo Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Biting chinchilla mouse bringing 82 grams to the scale
- Chestnut white-bellied rat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Glacier rat bringing 66 grams to the scale
- Daphne’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Zambian mole-rat bringing 76 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Cape York melomys
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Cape York melomys:
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Greater fairy armadillo with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Indian long-eared hedgehog with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Low’s squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Panamint chipmunk with a size of 11.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Ghost bat with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Irenomys with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Large tree mouse with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Palmer’s chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)