It is hard to guess what a Montane fish-eating rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Montane fish-eating rat (Neusticomys monticolus) on average weights 39 grams (0.09 lbs).
The Montane fish-eating rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Neusticomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.8 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Montane fish-eating 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 montane fish-eating rat (Neusticomys monticolus) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It inhabits the Andes Mountains of Colombia and Ecuador.
Animals of the same family as a Montane fish-eating rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat with a weight of 178 grams
- Chestnut-bellied spiny rat with a weight of 159 grams
- White-tailed rat with a weight of 86 grams
- Thomas’s water mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Mittendorf’s striped grass mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Oecomys phaeotis with a weight of 73 grams
- Banana climbing mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens with a weight of 25 grams
- Eastern chestnut mouse with a weight of 79 grams
- Single-striped grass mouse with a weight of 50 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Montane fish-eating rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neusticomys monticolus:
- Moss-forest rat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Cape golden mole bringing 39 grams to the scale
- Olrog’s chaco mouse bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Asian house shrew bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Himalayan striped squirrel bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Mountain pygmy possum bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat bringing 32 grams to the scale
- Mount Isarog shrew-mouse bringing 35 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed dasyure bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Dusky fruit bat bringing 35 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Montane fish-eating rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Montane fish-eating rat: