It is hard to guess what a Fossorial giant rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Fossorial giant rat (Kunsia fronto) on average weights 168 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Fossorial giant rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Kunsia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.16 meter (7′ 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 fossorial giant rat (Gyldenstolpia fronto) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil but was determined extinct following a recent assessment of the conservation status of Sigmodontine rodents. Its natural habitat is assumed to be dry savanna, but there have been no ecological details reported.
Animals of the same family as a Fossorial giant rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Père David’s vole with a weight of 19 grams
- Spy hocicudo with a weight of 81 grams
- Tristram’s jird with a weight of 112 grams
- Ricefield rat with a weight of 165 grams
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Malagasy giant rat bringing 1.18 kilos (2.6 lbs) to the scale
- Plateau mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat with a size of 37.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Rosalinda’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Little native mouse with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Fossorial giant rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Kunsia fronto:
- Mountain spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Large New Guinea spiny rat bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat bringing 170 grams to the scale
- American red squirrel bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian narrow-headed rat bringing 144 grams to the scale
- Mountain degu bringing 154 grams to the scale
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Spectral bat bringing 171 grams to the scale
- Cape mole-rat bringing 189 grams to the scale