It is hard to guess what a Dusky field rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky field rat (Rattus sordidus) on average weights 157 grams (0.35 lbs).
The Dusky field rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Rattus). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.9 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Dusky field rats have 5 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 dusky field rat (Rattus sordidus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. In Australia it is found in northern Queensland and along the east coast as far south as Shoalwater Bay.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky field rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Master leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 68 grams
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Black-eared mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Indian hairy-footed gerbil with a weight of 26 grams
- Woosnam’s brush-furred rat with a weight of 42 grams
- Moss-forest rat with a weight of 45 grams
- Florida mouse with a weight of 30 grams
- Spotted bolo mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Gorongoza gerbil with a weight of 118 grams
- Wood mouse with a weight of 21 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky field rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rattus sordidus:
- Silvery mole-rat bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Peleng tarsier bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Buettikofer’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 135 grams to the scale
- Alpine pika bringing 150 grams to the scale
- White-eared cotton rat bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Little ground squirrel bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Spectral tarsier bringing 166 grams to the scale
- Four-striped ground squirrel bringing 180 grams to the scale
- Palawan spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Indian palm squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Dusky field rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dusky field rat:
- Desert kangaroo rat with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gregarious short-tailed rat with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lesser hamster-rat with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Sonoma chipmunk with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Long-eared chipmunk with a size of 14 cm (0′ 6″)
- Three-striped ground squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Isarog shrew-rat with a size of 18.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mountain water rat with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Pseudoryzomys with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Brush-tailed rabbit rat with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dusky field rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Dusky field rat: