It is hard to guess what a Pallid Atlantic tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pallid Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys lamarum) on average weights 215 grams (0.47 lbs).
The Pallid Atlantic tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Phyllomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 69.2 cm (2′ 4″).
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 pallid Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys lamarum) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is a species of spiny rat. It is endemic to Brazil, where it is found from Paraiba to Minas Gerais.
Animals of the same family as a Pallid Atlantic tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Dusky spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 315 grams
- Tome’s spiny rat with a weight of 355 grams
- Cuvier’s spiny rat with a weight of 339 grams
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Boyacá spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 314 grams
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Speckled spiny tree-rat with a weight of 283 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pallid Atlantic tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phyllomys lamarum:
- Small sun squirrel bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Bonetto’s tuco-tuco bringing 202 grams to the scale
- Deppe’s squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat bringing 186 grams to the scale
- Tawny-bellied cotton rat bringing 196 grams to the scale
- Kintampo rope squirrel bringing 186 grams to the scale
- Thomas’s rope squirrel bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Large-eared pika bringing 205 grams to the scale
- Plains pocket gopher bringing 179 grams to the scale
- Allen’s cotton rat bringing 174 grams to the scale