It is hard to guess what a Lesser hamster-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser hamster-rat (Beamys hindei) on average weights 75 grams (0.17 lbs).
The Lesser hamster-rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Beamys). It is usually born with about 3 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.9 cm (0′ 6″). On average, Lesser hamster-rats can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 lesser hamster-rat or long-tailed pouched rat (Beamys hindei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser hamster-rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Setzer’s pygmy mouse with a weight of 6 grams
- Fly River water rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Chihuahuan mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Emperor rat bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Ashy-bellied Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Kemp’s gerbil with a weight of 100 grams
- Oligoryzomys flavescens with a weight of 21 grams
- Long-footed water rat with a weight of 83 grams
- Long-tailed giant rat with a weight of 349 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser hamster-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Beamys hindei:
- Big-eared kangaroo rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Gray leaf-eared mouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Goldman’s spiny pocket mouse bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Mearns’s pouched mouse bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Crete spiny mouse bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Angolan rousette bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Tanala tufted-tailed rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Edward’s swamp rat bringing 63 grams to the scale
- Dayak fruit bat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Least weasel bringing 79 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lesser hamster-rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser hamster-rat:
- Bush rat with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Insular flying fox with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Marajó short-tailed opossum with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Masked flying fox with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Prairie vole with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Washington ground squirrel with a size of 16.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.3 cm (0′ 6″)
- Andean caenolestid with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- European mole with a size of 12.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Large mole with a size of 14.9 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lesser hamster-rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Lesser hamster-rat: