It is hard to guess what a Magdalena rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Magdalena rat (Xenomys nelsoni) on average weights 130 grams (0.29 lbs).
The Magdalena rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Xenomys). It is usually born with about 5 grams (0.01 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.5 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Magdalena 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 Magdalena rat (Xenomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae which is found only in a small region of western Mexico.It is the only species in the genus Xenomys. The common name comes from the village where the first specimen was collected, and the second part of the scientific name refers to the collector.
Animals of the same family as a Magdalena rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Rwanda African mole-rat with 1 babies per litter
- Abrothrix andinus with a weight of 18 grams
- Luzon montane forest mouse with a weight of 34 grams
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse with a weight of 18 grams
- Pocock’s highland rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Oligoryzomys nigripes with a weight of 20 grams
- Drylands vesper mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Major’s tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 100 grams
- European snow vole with a weight of 48 grams
- Lesser tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 57 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Magdalena rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Xenomys nelsoni:
- Dusky rat bringing 146 grams to the scale
- Lunda rope squirrel bringing 135 grams to the scale
- Isarog striped shrew-rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Indian gerbil bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Carpentarian rock rat bringing 123 grams to the scale
- White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 104 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s bushbaby bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Masked white-tailed rat bringing 149 grams to the scale
- Kowari bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Magdalena rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Magdalena rat: