It is hard to guess what a Painted tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Painted tree-rat (Callistomys pictus) on average weights 518 grams (1.14 lbs).
The Painted tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Callistomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.7 cm (0′ 7″).
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 painted tree-rat (Callistomys pictus) is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Callistomys.
Animals of the same family as a Painted tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 215 grams
- Montane bamboo rat with a weight of 382 grams
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a weight of 610 grams
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
- Steere’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat with a weight of 400 grams
- Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat with a weight of 175 grams
- Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat with a weight of 398 grams
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 167 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Painted tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Callistomys pictus:
- Pied tamarin bringing 465 grams to the scale
- White-faced spiny tree-rat bringing 610 grams to the scale
- Gray-backed sportive lemur bringing 506 grams to the scale
- Marbled polecat bringing 594 grams to the scale
- Cotton-top tamarin bringing 463 grams to the scale
- Kashmir flying squirrel bringing 510 grams to the scale
- Golden-headed lion tamarin bringing 573 grams to the scale
- JunÃn red squirrel bringing 482 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose bringing 485 grams to the scale
- Gray four-eyed opossum bringing 426 grams to the scale