It is hard to guess what a Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys levipes) on average weights 82 grams (0.18 lbs).
The Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.1 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rats have 1 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 long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat or Papuan lowland paramelomys (Paramelomys levipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Highland brush mouse with a weight of 54 grams
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse with a weight of 31 grams
- Cozumel harvest mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Master leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 68 grams
- Small vesper mouse with a weight of 14 grams
- Pygmy rock mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Sumichrast’s harvest mouse with a weight of 19 grams
- Earless water rat with a weight of 168 grams
- Hinde’s rock rat with a weight of 141 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys levipes:
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Unicolored Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Van Deusen’s rat bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Spectacled dormouse bringing 68 grams to the scale
- Bocage’s mole-rat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Big-eared swamp rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic Forest rat bringing 90 grams to the scale
- European mole bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Low’s squirrel bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Fringe-tailed gerbil bringing 96 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Long-nosed 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 Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat:
- Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 17.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Cerradomys subflavus with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Four-toed hedgehog with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Desert hedgehog with a size of 18.1 cm (0′ 8″)
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Isarog striped shrew-rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat: