It is hard to guess what a Nectomys squamipes weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nectomys squamipes (Nectomys squamipes) on average weights 185 grams (0.41 lbs).
The Nectomys squamipes is from the family Muridae (genus: Nectomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.2 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Nectomys squamipess have 4 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.
Nectomys squamipes, also known as the Atlantic Forest nectomys, South American water rat, or scaly-footed water rat, is a semiaquatic insectivorous rodent species. It is from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay — found primarily near forest rivers and streams in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion.
Animals of the same family as a Nectomys squamipes
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- New Holland mouse with a weight of 16 grams
- Midday jird with 5 babies per litter
- Oryzomys gorgasi with a weight of 60 grams
- Brazilian shrew mouse with a weight of 36 grams
- Western heather vole with a weight of 25 grams
- Target rat with a weight of 70 grams
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 80 grams
- Mexican vole with a weight of 34 grams
- Large Luzon forest rat with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Roraima mouse with a weight of 33 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Nectomys squamipes
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nectomys squamipes:
- Senegal bushbaby bringing 216 grams to the scale
- Hairless bat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Plains pocket gopher bringing 179 grams to the scale
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel bringing 175 grams to the scale
- Plantain squirrel bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Lesser stick-nest rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Mendoza tuco-tuco bringing 179 grams to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 152 grams to the scale
- Val’s gundi bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Speckled dasyure bringing 212 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Nectomys squamipes
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Nectomys squamipes:
- Silvery mole-rat with a size of 15.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Eastern woodrat with a size of 21.2 cm (0′ 9″)
- Magellanic tuco-tuco with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Senegal bushbaby with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mountain spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Hastings River mouse with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mindoro striped rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk with a size of 15.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Giluwe rat with a size of 15 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Nectomys squamipes
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Nectomys squamipes: