It is hard to guess what a Earless water rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Earless water rat (Crossomys moncktoni) on average weights 168 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Earless water rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Crossomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.3 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Earless water 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 earless water rat (Crossomys moncktoni) is a New Guinea rodent, part of the Hydromys group of the subfamily of Old World rats and mice (Murinae). It is the only species of the genus Crossomys. This species is probably most closely related to Baiyankamys. It is still unclear to which species this group is related. It is one of the most aquatically adapted rodents of the world.
Animals of the same family as a Earless water rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Aquatic rat with a weight of 66 grams
- Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Southern big-eared mouse with a weight of 70 grams
- Venezuelan climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Florida naked-tailed rat with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
- Neacomys spinosus with a weight of 19 grams
- Tanala tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Western red-backed vole with a weight of 18 grams
- Long-nosed paramelomys with a size of 17 cm (0′ 7″)
- Western mouse with a weight of 34 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Earless water rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Crossomys moncktoni:
- Unexpected cotton rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Ruddy treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Papuan bandicoot bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Mountain spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Talas tuco-tuco bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Ribboned rope squirrel bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Mzab gundi bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Chacoan tuco-tuco bringing 166 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed weasel bringing 191 grams to the scale
- Reddish tuco-tuco bringing 173 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Earless water rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Earless water rat:
- Ili pika with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- San Joaquin antelope squirrel with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Kowari with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Greater fairy armadillo with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Borneo black-banded squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Australian swamp rat with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- New Britain naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Busuanga squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Pteropus gilliardi with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Earless water rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Earless water rat: