It is hard to guess what a Pacific spiny rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pacific spiny rat (Proechimys decumanus) on average weights 284 grams (0.63 lbs).
The Pacific spiny rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Proechimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22 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.
The Pacific spiny rat (Proechimys decumanus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Pacific spiny rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
- Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 220 grams
- Boyacá spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- White-spined Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Pará spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Broad-headed spiny rat with a weight of 30 grams
- Magdalena spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Broad-headed spiny rat with a weight of 201 grams
- Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat with a weight of 138 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pacific spiny rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Proechimys decumanus:
- White-spined Atlantic spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Gray-footed spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Northern glider bringing 278 grams to the scale
- Greater hedgehog tenrec bringing 277 grams to the scale
- Southern Plains woodrat bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Smoky flying squirrel bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s pocket gopher bringing 263 grams to the scale
- Barbary ground squirrel bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Eastern woodrat bringing 252 grams to the scale