It is hard to guess what a Mountain mosaic-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mountain mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubex) on average weights 47 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Mountain mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.6 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Mountain 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.
The mountain mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys rubex) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Mountain mosaic-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Tundra vole with a weight of 33 grams
- Djoongari with a weight of 39 grams
- Lesser hamster-rat with a weight of 75 grams
- Savi’s pine vole with a weight of 20 grams
- Ranee mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Northern water rat with a weight of 54 grams
- Grant’s rock mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Eastern rat with a weight of 230 grams
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Earless water rat with a weight of 168 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mountain mosaic-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys rubex:
- Hartwig’s soft-furred mouse bringing 38 grams to the scale
- Single-striped grass mouse bringing 50 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-striped opossum bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Pseudoryzomys bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Greater big-footed mouse bringing 55 grams to the scale
- Gray slender opossum bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Painted big-eared mouse bringing 51 grams to the scale
- Arrow flying squirrel bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Oyapock’s fish-eating rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Sambirano mouse lemur bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mountain 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 Mountain mosaic-tailed rat:
- Yellow-sided opossum with a size of 9.9 cm (0′ 4″)
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Handley’s slender opossum with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Polynesian rat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Taiwan vole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Malayan water shrew with a size of 10.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Julia Creek dunnart with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Bank vole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Feather-tailed possum with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mountain mosaic-tailed rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Mountain mosaic-tailed rat: