Categories
Animal Weight

How much does a Poncelet’s giant rat weight?

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

An adult Poncelet’s giant rat (Solomys ponceleti) on average weights 1000 grams (2.2 lbs).

The Poncelet’s giant rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Solomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 27 cm (0′ 11″).

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.

Poncelet’s giant rat or Poncelet’s naked-tailed rat (Solomys ponceleti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Animals of the same family as a Poncelet’s giant rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Poncelet’s giant rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Solomys ponceleti:

Animals with the same size as a Poncelet’s giant rat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Poncelet’s giant rat: