It is hard to guess what a Round-tailed muskrat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) on average weights 265 grams (0.58 lbs).
The Round-tailed muskrat is from the family Muridae (genus: Neofiber). It is usually born with about 9 grams (0.02 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.9 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Round-tailed muskrats can have babies 4 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.
The round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat. The species is monotypic in the genus Neofiber. It is found only in the southeastern United States, where its natural habitat is swamps.
Animals of the same family as a Round-tailed muskrat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 117 grams
- White-ankled mouse with a weight of 38 grams
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil with a weight of 38 grams
- Malayan tree rat with 2 babies per litter
- Indian desert jird with a weight of 71 grams
- Neacomys spinosus with a weight of 19 grams
- Arnhem Land rock rat with a weight of 94 grams
- White-bellied rat with a weight of 100 grams
- Cameroon soft-furred mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Temminck’s mouse with a weight of 8 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Round-tailed muskrat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Neofiber alleni:
- Southern Plains woodrat bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Common gundi bringing 289 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat bringing 296 grams to the scale
- Black-shouldered opossum bringing 258 grams to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy bringing 261 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat bringing 215 grams to the scale
- Shiny guinea pig bringing 283 grams to the scale
- Magdalena spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Sucre spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Round-tailed muskrat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Round-tailed muskrat:
- Numbat with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Southern white-breasted hedgehog with a size of 23.1 cm (0′ 10″)
- Echigo mole with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Gaoligong pika with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Southern mountain cavy with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Hastings River mouse with a size of 16 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bangs’s mountain squirrel with a size of 16.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Sonoran woodrat with a size of 19.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- Altai mole with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Round-tailed muskrat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Round-tailed muskrat: