It is hard to guess what a Emperor rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Emperor rat (Uromys imperator) on average weights 1000 grams (2.2 lbs).
The Emperor rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Uromys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.5 cm (0′ 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 emperor rat (Uromys imperator) is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN but may already be extinct.
Animals of the same family as a Emperor rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Oecomys roberti with a weight of 73 grams
- Silent grass mouse with a weight of 39 grams
- Hairy-eared cerrado mouse with a weight of 24 grams
- Stephen’s woodrat with a weight of 149 grams
- Romanian hamster with a weight of 97 grams
- Dollman’s tree mouse with a weight of 12 grams
- Central rock rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Pocock’s highland rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 104 grams
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 210 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Emperor rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Uromys imperator:
- Cape dune mole-rat bringing 804 grams to the scale
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Spix’s night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Hershkovitz’s titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Spotted linsang with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Desert rat-kangaroo bringing 929 grams to the scale
- Ashy black titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- New England cottontail bringing 814 grams to the scale
- Black-footed ferret bringing 907 grams to the scale