It is hard to guess what a Indian bush rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti) on average weights 60 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Indian bush rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Golunda). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.8 cm (0′ 2″). Usually, Indian bush rats have 4 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 Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti) is a rodent species in the family Muridae. It is the only member of the genus Golunda.The species is widely distributed in the Indian Subcontinent west to Kohat and east to the Bhutan Dooars. It also occurs in Sri Lanka. As many as 11 subspecies are recognized.The genus name is derived from the Kannada name of Gulandi while the specific name is after Sir Walter Elliot. The nominate form is from southern India. Other forms include limitaris (northwestern limits), paupera (Punjab), watsoni (Sind), gujerati (Gujarat), bombax (Bombay), coraginis (Coorg), coffaeus (Sri Lanka), newera (Sri Lanka), myiothrix (Nepal) and coenosa (Bhutan Duars, Hasimara).
Animals of the same family as a Indian bush rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Blazed Luzon shrew-rat with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Stella wood mouse with a weight of 19 grams
- Northern grass mouse with a weight of 44 grams
- Sloggett’s vlei rat with a weight of 106 grams
- New Britain water rat with a size of 29.2 cm (1′ 0″)
- Peruvian fish-eating rat with a weight of 40 grams
- Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil with a weight of 35 grams
- Deroo’s mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Beach vole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Rudd’s mouse with a weight of 35 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Indian bush rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Golunda ellioti:
- Swamp antechinus bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Bushveld elephant shrew bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Northern collared lemming bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Dibbler bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Andean mouse bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat bringing 71 grams to the scale
- Togo mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Malayan water shrew bringing 55 grams to the scale
- African wading rat bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Ega long-tongued bat bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Indian bush rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Indian bush rat: