It is hard to guess what a Dent’s vlei rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dent’s vlei rat (Otomys denti) on average weights 120 grams (0.26 lbs).
The Dent’s vlei rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Otomys). It is usually born with about 20 grams (0.04 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Dent’s 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.
Dent’s vlei rat (Otomys denti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Dent’s vlei rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Southern vole with a weight of 35 grams
- Southern African spiny mouse with a weight of 26 grams
- Pittier’s crab-eating rat with a weight of 69 grams
- Norway lemming with a weight of 67 grams
- Gray spiny mouse with a size of 8.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Fringe-tailed gerbil with a weight of 95 grams
- Bower’s white-toothed rat with a weight of 355 grams
- Northwestern deer mouse with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Dickey’s deer mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Black-tailed gerbil with a weight of 123 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dent’s vlei rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otomys denti:
- Desert woodrat bringing 144 grams to the scale
- Hispid cotton rat bringing 111 grams to the scale
- European water vole bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Franquet’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 119 grams to the scale
- Giant roundleaf bat bringing 115 grams to the scale
- Savanna gerbil bringing 121 grams to the scale
- Crest-tailed mulgara bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Baird’s pocket gopher bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Sanborn’s squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Mountain viscacha rat bringing 124 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Dent’s vlei rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Dent’s vlei rat: