It is hard to guess what a Nelson’s woodrat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Nelson’s woodrat (Neotoma nelsoni) on average weights 198 grams (0.44 lbs).
The Nelson’s woodrat is from the family Muridae (genus: Neotoma). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.3 cm (0′ 9″).
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.
Nelson’s woodrat (Neotoma nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from the eastern slopes of the volcanoes Orizaba and Cofre de Perote. Due to the small geographic range, isolation, and low population, the Nelson’s woodrat has a higher risk for extinction. The distribution and population sizes are small. The population exists in geographic isolation, which prevents gene flow
Animals of the same family as a Nelson’s woodrat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Handleyomys chapmani with a weight of 49 grams
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat with a weight of 62 grams
- Indian gerbil with a weight of 138 grams
- Desert pygmy mouse with a weight of 6 grams
- Large mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 210 grams
- Bibimys torresi with a weight of 28 grams
- Wood mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Poncelet’s giant rat bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Beach vole with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sikkim rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
Animals with the same weight as a Nelson’s woodrat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neotoma nelsoni:
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel bringing 175 grams to the scale
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot bringing 220 grams to the scale
- Asian red-cheeked squirrel bringing 201 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 201 grams to the scale
- Maxomys baeodon bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Holochilus chacarius bringing 204 grams to the scale
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat bringing 167 grams to the scale
- Large mosaic-tailed rat bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Cape mole-rat bringing 189 grams to the scale
- Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat bringing 175 grams to the scale