It is hard to guess what a O’Connell’s spiny rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult O’Connell’s spiny rat (Proechimys oconnelli) on average weights 284 grams (0.63 lbs).
The O’Connell’s spiny rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Proechimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.7 cm (0′ 8″).
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.
O’Connell’s spiny-rat (Proechimys oconnelli) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Animals of the same family as a O’Connell’s spiny rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Amazon bamboo rat with a weight of 650 grams
- Rufous soft-furred spiny rat with a weight of 282 grams
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Plain brush-tailed rat with a weight of 105 grams
- Golden Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 243 grams
- Napo spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Minca spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat with a weight of 138 grams
- Tome’s spiny rat with a weight of 355 grams
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
Animals with the same weight as a O’Connell’s spiny rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Proechimys oconnelli:
- Emily’s tuco-tuco bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy bringing 261 grams to the scale
- Nectomys rattus bringing 249 grams to the scale
- Emilia’s marmoset bringing 309 grams to the scale
- Colombian spiny rat bringing 312 grams to the scale
- Borneo black-banded squirrel bringing 324 grams to the scale
- Lundomys bringing 238 grams to the scale
- Catamarca tuco-tuco bringing 316 grams to the scale
- Amazon weasel bringing 268 grams to the scale