It is hard to guess what a Nectomys rattus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nectomys rattus (Nectomys parvipes) on average weights 249 grams (0.55 lbs).
The Nectomys rattus is from the family Muridae (genus: Nectomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.9 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Nectomys rattus, the small-footed bristly mouse, Amazonian nectomys, Amazonian mouse, or common water rat is a species of rodent in the genus Nectomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela, where it lives in a variety of habitats including lowland tropical rainforest, cerrado and caatinga. It is mainly found in areas close to water. It was recognized as distinct only in 2000 and its limits with other Nectomys, including Nectomys apicalis and Nectomys squamipes, remain unclear.
Animals of the same family as a Nectomys rattus
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Thomas’s giant deer mouse with a weight of 111 grams
- Rwanda African mole-rat with 1 babies per litter
- Kemp’s gerbil with a weight of 100 grams
- Savanna gerbil with a weight of 121 grams
- African groove-toothed rat with a weight of 111 grams
- Handleyomys chapmani with a weight of 49 grams
- Unalaska collared lemming with 2 babies per litter
- Pleasant gerbil with a weight of 13 grams
- Olive grass mouse with a weight of 26 grams
- Steppe lemming with a weight of 20 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nectomys rattus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nectomys parvipes:
- Philippine forest rat bringing 253 grams to the scale
- Banks flying fox bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Long-haired rat bringing 221 grams to the scale
- Golden-backed tree-rat bringing 294 grams to the scale
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat bringing 260 grams to the scale
- Red-cheeked rope squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Large-eared pika bringing 205 grams to the scale
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot bringing 220 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale