It is hard to guess what a Dusky-footed woodrat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) on average weights 219 grams (0.48 lbs).
The Dusky-footed woodrat is from the family Muridae (genus: Neotoma). It is usually born with about 13 grams (0.03 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20.8 cm (0′ 9″). On average, Dusky-footed woodrats can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are commonly called “packrats” or “trade rats” and build large, domed dens that can reach several feet in height. Coyotes and other predators will attempt to prey on these rodents by laying waste to the dens, but the sheer volume of material is usually dissuasive. Occasionally, dusky-footed woodrats will build satellite dens in trees. Although these animals are religiously solitary, except in the mating season (when they are most vulnerable to predation), dens are frequently found in clusters of up to several dozen, forming rough “communities”. The mating system in this species appears to be variable, with promiscuity most generally at high population densities and monogamy at lower densities.They are similar in appearance to the common rat species Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus, but with larger ears and eyes, softer coats, and furred tails. The California mouse, Peromyscus californicus, which has similar distribution, is sometimes found living in woodrat dens. Dens contain a nest and one or more “pantry” chambers which are used to store leaves and nuts for future consumption. The dental formula of Neotoma fuscipes is 1.0.0.31.0.0.3 × 2 = 16.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky-footed woodrat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Tiny fat mouse with a weight of 5 grams
- Peruvian vesper mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Turkestan rat with 4 babies per litter
- Pleasant gerbil with a weight of 13 grams
- El Carrizo deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Sonoran woodrat with a weight of 227 grams
- Black-tailed gerbil with a weight of 123 grams
- Bolivian vesper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Master leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 68 grams
- Bushveld gerbil with a weight of 73 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky-footed woodrat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neotoma fuscipes:
- Large mosaic-tailed rat bringing 209 grams to the scale
- Perny’s long-nosed squirrel bringing 199 grams to the scale
- Andersen’s naked-backed fruit bat bringing 233 grams to the scale
- Fire-footed rope squirrel bringing 243 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed spiny rat bringing 205 grams to the scale
- Lundomys bringing 238 grams to the scale
- Royle’s pika bringing 260 grams to the scale
- Tamaulipan woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Mottled tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Dusky-footed woodrat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dusky-footed woodrat:
- Indochinese flying squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Long-haired rat with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- White-tailed antsangy with a size of 22.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Sikkim rat with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Black jackrabbit with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Townsend’s pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Sulawesi flying fox with a size of 20.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mouse bandicoot with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dusky-footed woodrat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Dusky-footed woodrat: