It is hard to guess what a Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys lanosus) on average weights 117 grams (0.26 lbs).
The Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.7 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rats have 2 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 large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (Mammelomys lanosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Red hocicudo with a weight of 82 grams
- Oreoryzomys with a weight of 60 grams
- Olive grass mouse with a weight of 19 grams
- Unalaska collared lemming with 2 babies per litter
- Striped field mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Spinifex hopping mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- White-tipped tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Aegialomys xanthaeolus with a weight of 79 grams
- Blackish grass mouse with a weight of 19 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys lanosus:
- Bramble Cay melomys bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Gray short-tailed opossum bringing 94 grams to the scale
- New Guinean rat bringing 133 grams to the scale
- Lowland streaked tenrec bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Desert kangaroo rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Alston’s mouse opossum bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Gorongoza gerbil bringing 118 grams to the scale
- Peters’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Littledale’s whistling rat bringing 126 grams to the scale
- Jungle palm squirrel bringing 135 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat:
- Pink fairy armadillo with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Lesser small-toothed rat with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- New Caledonia flying fox with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mentawai three-striped squirrel with a size of 18.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Townsend’s pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Garden dormouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Egyptian fruit bat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Nicobar flying fox with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat: