It is hard to guess what a Large vlei rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Large vlei rat (Otomys maximus) on average weights 192 grams (0.42 lbs).
The Large vlei rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Otomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.2 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Large vlei rats have 3 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 vlei rat (Otomys maximus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
Animals of the same family as a Large vlei rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Neacomys tenuipes with a weight of 19 grams
- Transcaucasian mole vole with 4 babies per litter
- Brucepattersonius iheringi with a weight of 43 grams
- Prairie vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Ruschi’s rat with a weight of 63 grams
- Oligoryzomys magellanicus with a weight of 25 grams
- Gray leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 68 grams
- White-footed vole with a weight of 23 grams
- Lesser hamster-rat with a weight of 75 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Large vlei rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Otomys maximus:
- Island mouse bringing 164 grams to the scale
- Ochre mole-rat bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Bolivian squirrel bringing 190 grams to the scale
- Lesser bandicoot rat bringing 227 grams to the scale
- Large mosaic-tailed rat bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Hairy-tailed antsangy bringing 219 grams to the scale
- Haig’s tuco-tuco bringing 164 grams to the scale
- American red squirrel bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat bringing 172 grams to the scale
- Bolaños woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Large vlei rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Large vlei rat:
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Cape York rat with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Northern quoll with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Whiskered flying squirrel with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Bornean mountain ground squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Grey-bellied squirrel with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Kintampo rope squirrel with a size of 18.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Four-toed hedgehog with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- European ground squirrel with a size of 19.8 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Large vlei rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Large vlei rat: