It is hard to guess what a De Vis’s woolly rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult De Vis’s woolly rat (Mallomys aroaensis) on average weights 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs).
The De Vis’s woolly rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Mallomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 40.6 cm (1′ 4″). Usually, De Vis’s woolly 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.
De Vis’s woolly rat (Mallomys aroaensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a De Vis’s woolly rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- White-footed vole with a weight of 23 grams
- Lesser Wilfred’s mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Unalaska collared lemming with 2 babies per litter
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 29 grams
- MacConnell’s climbing mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Neuquén grass mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Hairy-footed gerbil with a weight of 25 grams
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 71 grams
- Peruvian Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
Animals with the same weight as a De Vis’s woolly rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mallomys aroaensis:
- Red and white giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Chinese hare with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Back-striped weasel with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Common genet with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Yarkand hare with a weight of 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a De Vis’s woolly rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as De Vis’s woolly rat:
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a size of 34 cm (1′ 2″)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a size of 41.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Northern olingo with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Northern viscacha with a size of 34.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Central African oyan with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Raccoon dog with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Nasuella olivacea with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a De Vis’s woolly rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a De Vis’s woolly rat: