It is hard to guess what a Laminate vlei rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Laminate vlei rat (Otomys laminatus) on average weights 150 grams (0.33 lbs).
The Laminate vlei rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Otomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.3 cm (0′ 7″).
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 laminate vlei rat (Otomys laminatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in South Africa.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps.
Animals of the same family as a Laminate vlei rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Big-eared climbing rat with a weight of 86 grams
- Spotted bolo mouse with a weight of 37 grams
- Ivory Coast rat with a weight of 52 grams
- Grey dwarf hamster with a weight of 30 grams
- Eastern woodrat with a weight of 252 grams
- Thomas’s giant deer mouse with a weight of 111 grams
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Chibchan water mouse with a weight of 50 grams
- Allen’s cotton rat with a weight of 174 grams
- Alpine pine vole with a weight of 23 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Laminate vlei rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otomys laminatus:
- Island mouse bringing 164 grams to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Dwarf flying fox bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Mountain viscacha rat bringing 124 grams to the scale
- Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-bellied spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Black rat bringing 142 grams to the scale
- New Guinean rat bringing 133 grams to the scale
- Gambian epauletted fruit bat bringing 131 grams to the scale
- Jaliscan cotton rat bringing 120 grams to the scale