It is hard to guess what a Luzon hairy-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Luzon hairy-tailed rat (Batomys granti) on average weights 170 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Luzon hairy-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Batomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20.4 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 forest rat or Luzon hairy-tailed rat (Batomys granti) is one of five species of rodent in the genus Batomys. It is in the diverse family Muridae.This species is found only in the Philippines. This species was the first of the five to be identified and stayed the sole indicator for the genus for roughly 75 years, until 1988. Majority of this species lives on Mount Data which is one of several mountains in the Cordillera Mountains region of Northern Luzon.
Animals of the same family as a Luzon hairy-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Philippine forest rat with a weight of 253 grams
- Northern pygmy mouse with a weight of 7 grams
- Euryoryzomys lamia with a weight of 60 grams
- Lesser tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Goldman’s woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Dollman’s melomys with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 210 grams
- Western water rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mongolian hamster with 5 babies per litter
- Aegialomys xanthaeolus with a weight of 79 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Luzon hairy-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Batomys granti:
- Dusky rat bringing 146 grams to the scale
- Mira climbing rat bringing 184 grams to the scale
- Bolaños woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Palawan treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Allen’s cotton rat bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Common degu bringing 203 grams to the scale
- Mohol bushbaby bringing 193 grams to the scale
- Turkish hamster bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Plains pocket gopher bringing 179 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Luzon hairy-tailed rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Luzon hairy-tailed rat:
- Luzon broad-toothed rat with a size of 22.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Black and red bush squirrel with a size of 24.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Southern Palawan tree squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Afghan pika with a size of 19.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mindanao treeshrew with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Colombian weasel with a size of 21.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Dinagat gymnure with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Fijian monkey-faced bat with a size of 18.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Whitehead’s spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- European water vole with a size of 19.3 cm (0′ 8″)