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 (Melomys moncktoni) on average weights 80 grams (0.18 lbs).
The Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.2 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:
- New Guinean rat with a weight of 133 grams
- Zygodontomys brunneus with a weight of 75 grams
- Bolivian big-eared mouse with a weight of 71 grams
- Eastern heather vole with a weight of 27 grams
- Golden mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Distinguished Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Holochilus chacarius with a weight of 204 grams
- Burt’s deer mouse with a size of 8.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Mountain giant Sunda rat with a weight of 419 grams
- Black-tailed tree rat with a weight of 125 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 Melomys moncktoni:
- Acacia rat bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Glacier rat bringing 64 grams to the scale
- Striped Atlantic Forest rat bringing 67 grams to the scale
- Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat bringing 93 grams to the scale
- Dibbler bringing 72 grams to the scale
- Zygodontomys brunneus bringing 75 grams to the scale
- Siberian chipmunk bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Durango chipmunk bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Fringe-tailed gerbil bringing 96 grams to the scale
- Biak glider bringing 90 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:
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Blind mole with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Water vole (North America) with a size of 15.4 cm (0′ 7″)
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Giant kangaroo rat with a size of 14.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Panamanian spiny pocket mouse with a size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Steppe pika with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Gray slender opossum with a size of 13 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray-bellied caenolestid with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
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: