It is hard to guess what a Mozambique thicket rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mozambique thicket rat (Grammomys cometes) on average weights 45 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Mozambique thicket rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Grammomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 11.6 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Mozambique thicket rats can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 Mozambique thicket rat (Grammomys cometes) is an African species of rodent in the mouse family, Muridae.It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Animals of the same family as a Mozambique thicket rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse with a weight of 43 grams
- Zacatecan deer mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Taiwan vole with a weight of 46 grams
- Dent’s vlei rat with a weight of 120 grams
- Soft-furred rat with a weight of 67 grams
- Mesquite mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Mindanao shrew-rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gerbil leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 17 grams
- Western water rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Central rock rat with a weight of 100 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Mozambique thicket rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Grammomys cometes:
- Winkelmann’s mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Highland brush mouse bringing 54 grams to the scale
- Vordermann’s flying squirrel bringing 36 grams to the scale
- Woodland thicket rat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Yellow-footed antechinus bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Melanomys robustulus bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Plateau mouse bringing 40 grams to the scale
- Midas free-tailed bat bringing 45 grams to the scale
- Southern red-sided opossum bringing 48 grams to the scale
- Cape elephant shrew bringing 49 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Mozambique thicket rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mozambique thicket rat:
- Pocock’s highland rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Colorado chipmunk with a size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Gunning’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Guajira mouse opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Smoky mouse with a size of 11.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 10.8 cm (0′ 5″)
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Short-tailed gymnure with a size of 13.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Townsend’s vole with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Highland brush mouse with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mozambique thicket rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Mozambique thicket rat: