It is hard to guess what a Defua rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Defua rat (Dephomys defua) on average weights 43 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Defua rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Dephomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 62.4 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Defua 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 Defua rat (Dephomys defua) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Animals of the same family as a Defua rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Euryoryzomys nitidus with a weight of 55 grams
- Anthony’s woodrat with a weight of 195 grams
- Michoacan deer mouse with a weight of 49 grams
- Giant naked-tailed rat with a weight of 745 grams
- Namaqua rock rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Temminck’s mouse with a weight of 8 grams
- Long-clawed mole vole with a weight of 75 grams
- Pallid Atlantic Forest rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Handleyomys melanotis with a weight of 50 grams
- Turkish hamster with a weight of 198 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Defua rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dephomys defua:
- Neuquén grass mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- North African elephant shrew bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Salvin’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Halmahera blossom bat bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Rudd’s mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Mexican water mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Talazac’s shrew tenrec bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Handleyomys fuscatus bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Djoongari bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Woodford’s fruit bat bringing 36 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Defua rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Defua rat: