It is hard to guess what a Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys moncktoni) on average weights 80 grams (0.18 lbs).
The Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Paramelomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.7 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rats have 2 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.
Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys moncktoni, previously known as Melomys moncktoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.The species lives in lowlands in the north-east and south-east portion of the country. It lives in tropical moist forests. It is found as high as 700 m.While much of the habitat where it lives is being damaged, it survives well in disturbed areas, and as a result is considered at low risk of extinction.
Animals of the same family as a Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Lesser bandicoot rat with a weight of 227 grams
- Algerian mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Melanomys caliginosus with a weight of 41 grams
- Tondano rat with 4 babies per litter
- Rossel Island melomys with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Lusitanian pine vole with 2 babies per litter
- Oecomys cleberi with a weight of 73 grams
- Chihuahuan mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Turkestan rat with 4 babies per litter
- Mexican vole with a weight of 34 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Paramelomys moncktoni:
- Libyan jird bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Dayak fruit bat bringing 81 grams to the scale
- Roman mole bringing 92 grams to the scale
- Big-eared woolly bat bringing 78 grams to the scale
- Pittier’s crab-eating rat bringing 69 grams to the scale
- Common mole-rat bringing 74 grams to the scale
- Van Deusen’s rat bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Western rock elephant shrew bringing 65 grams to the scale
- Kimberley rock rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Moncton’s 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 Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat:
- Gregarious short-tailed rat with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Greater tree mouse with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mindanao mountain rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Palawan soft-furred mountain rat with a size of 14.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Palmer’s chipmunk with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Coast mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Banks flying fox with a size of 14.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Naked mole-rat with a size of 13 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat: