It is hard to guess what a Lesser ricefield rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser ricefield rat (Rattus losea) on average weights 104 grams (0.23 lbs).
The Lesser ricefield rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Rattus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.9 cm (0′ 8″).
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 ricefield rat (Rattus losea) is a rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1871. It is found in China, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser ricefield rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Forrest’s mouse with a weight of 23 grams
- Marmoset rat with a weight of 70 grams
- Small vesper mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 86 grams
- Ruschi’s rat with a weight of 63 grams
- Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 144 grams
- Bibimys torresi with a weight of 28 grams
- Moss-forest rat with a weight of 45 grams
- Waterhouse’s swamp rat with a weight of 146 grams
- Nephelomys albigularis with a weight of 60 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser ricefield rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rattus losea:
- Gray short-tailed opossum bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Silky Oldfield mouse bringing 115 grams to the scale
- Hastings River mouse bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Taiga vole bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Giant kangaroo rat bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Kaiser’s rock rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- Venezuelan climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale
- Kemp’s gerbil bringing 101 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Buff-bellied climbing mouse bringing 89 grams to the scale