It is hard to guess what a Major’s tufted-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Major’s tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) on average weights 100 grams (0.22 lbs).
The Major’s tufted-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Eliurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.8 cm (0′ 6″).
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.
Major’s tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was named in honor of Swiss zoologist C. I. Forsyth Major.
Animals of the same family as a Major’s tufted-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Dickey’s deer mouse with a weight of 28 grams
- Haggard’s leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- King rat (animal) with a weight of 420 grams
- Djoongari with a weight of 39 grams
- Eastern shrew mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Narrow-headed vole with 8 babies per litter
- Venezuelan climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Gray tree rat with a weight of 150 grams
- Meadow vole with a weight of 42 grams
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat with a weight of 186 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Major’s tufted-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eliurus majori:
- Dayak fruit bat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse bringing 85 grams to the scale
- ParĂ¡ spiny tree-rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Candango mouse bringing 97 grams to the scale
- Dusky spiny tree-rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Central rock rat bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Betsileo short-tailed rat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Tristram’s jird bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Bartels’s spiny rat bringing 88 grams to the scale