It is hard to guess what a Luzon broad-toothed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) on average weights 268 grams (0.59 lbs).
The Luzon broad-toothed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Abditomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.4 cm (0′ 9″).
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 Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.
Animals of the same family as a Luzon broad-toothed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Louise’s spiny mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Western New Guinea mountain rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Voalavoanala with a weight of 97 grams
- Pallid Atlantic Forest rat with a weight of 90 grams
- Oligoryzomys andinus with a weight of 25 grams
- Tiny fat mouse with a weight of 5 grams
- Siberian brown lemming with a weight of 58 grams
- Long-footed rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Ethiopian striped mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Lesser stick-nest rat with a weight of 150 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Luzon broad-toothed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Abditomys latidens:
- Dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby bringing 268 grams to the scale
- Spiny Ceram rat bringing 306 grams to the scale
- Nectomys rattus bringing 249 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 302 grams to the scale
- Western naked-backed fruit bat bringing 226 grams to the scale
- Samoa flying fox bringing 309 grams to the scale
- Samar squirrel bringing 225 grams to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy bringing 261 grams to the scale
- Particolored flying squirrel bringing 255 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Luzon broad-toothed rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Luzon broad-toothed rat:
- European hedgehog with a size of 23.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Common dwarf mongoose with a size of 20.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Ricefield rat with a size of 19.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Eastern gray squirrel with a size of 25.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum with a size of 22.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Highland tuco-tuco with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Mountain weasel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)