It is hard to guess what a Dusky spiny tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dusky spiny tree-rat (Makalata obscura) on average weights 108 grams (0.24 lbs).
The Dusky spiny tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Makalata). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45 cm (1′ 6″).
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 spiny tree rat (Makalata obscura) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Brazil.The etymology of the species name corresponds to the Latin word obscurus meaning dark.
Animals of the same family as a Dusky spiny tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Guaira spiny rat with a weight of 349 grams
- Fischer’s guiara with a weight of 188 grams
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 502 grams
- Plain brush-tailed rat with a weight of 105 grams
- Golden Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 243 grams
- Sucre spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Armored rat with a weight of 281 grams
- Roberto’s spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- Roberto’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 314 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Dusky spiny tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Makalata obscura:
- Northern three-toed jerboa bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Kobe mole bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Charming climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Peters’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Goliath shrew bringing 87 grams to the scale
- Malayan mountain spiny rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Major’s tufted-tailed rat bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Definitive leaf-eared mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Gray short-tailed opossum bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Kaiser’s rock rat bringing 90 grams to the scale