It is hard to guess what a Pallid Atlantic tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pallid Atlantic tree-rat (Echimys lamarum) on average weights 215 grams (0.47 lbs).
The Pallid Atlantic tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Echimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 29.7 cm (1′ 0″).
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:
- Golden Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 243 grams
- Gray-footed spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Cuvier’s spiny rat with a weight of 339 grams
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- Peruvian tree-rat with a weight of 315 grams
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 224 grams
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 314 grams
- Atlantic bamboo rat with a weight of 600 grams
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
- Painted tree-rat with a weight of 518 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 Echimys lamarum:
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat bringing 186 grams to the scale
- Western naked-backed fruit bat bringing 226 grams to the scale
- Porteous’s tuco-tuco bringing 192 grams to the scale
- Mountain weasel bringing 180 grams to the scale
- Large mosaic-tailed rat bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Andean mountain cavy bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Holochilus chacarius bringing 204 grams to the scale
- Long-haired rat bringing 221 grams to the scale
- Cameroon scaly-tail bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur bringing 197 grams to the scale