It is hard to guess what a Montane bamboo rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Montane bamboo rat (Dactylomys peruanus) on average weights 382 grams (0.84 lbs).
The Montane bamboo rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Dactylomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 28.5 cm (1′ 0″).
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 montane bamboo rat or Peruvian bamboo rat (Dactylomys peruanus), is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Animals of the same family as a Montane bamboo rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 315 grams
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 312 grams
- Peruvian tree-rat with a weight of 315 grams
- Steere’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 260 grams
- Dark spiny tree-rat with a weight of 627 grams
- Painted tree-rat with a weight of 518 grams
- Pacific spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Montane bamboo rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dactylomys peruanus:
- Namaqua dune mole-rat bringing 389 grams to the scale
- Black-tufted marmoset bringing 340 grams to the scale
- Peruvian tree-rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- Golden-mantled tamarin bringing 385 grams to the scale
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Mutable sun squirrel bringing 390 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed giant rat bringing 349 grams to the scale
- Mariana fruit bat bringing 458 grams to the scale
- Müller’s giant Sunda rat bringing 356 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale