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How much does a Peters’s climbing rat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Peters’s climbing rat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Peters’s climbing rat (Tylomys nudicaudus) on average weights 182 grams (0.4 lbs).

The Peters’s climbing rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Tylomys). It is usually born with about 19 grams (0.04 lbs). They can live for up to 5.33 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.83 meter (9′ 4″). On average, Peters’s climbing rats can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 2.

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.

Peters’s climbing rat (Tylomys nudicaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

Animals of the same family as a Peters’s climbing rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Peters’s climbing rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tylomys nudicaudus:

Animals with the same litter size as a Peters’s climbing rat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Peters’s climbing rat:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Peters’s climbing rat

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Peters’s climbing rat: