It is hard to guess what a Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys unicolor) on average weights 439 grams (0.97 lbs).
The Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Phyllomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 28.1 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 short-furred Atlantic tree-rat or Wagner’s Atlantic tree rat (Phyllomys unicolor), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.
Animals of the same family as a Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Long-tailed spiny rat with a weight of 205 grams
- Plain brush-tailed rat with a weight of 105 grams
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Dusky spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Tome’s spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 314 grams
- Pará spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Rufous soft-furred spiny rat with a weight of 282 grams
- Dark spiny tree-rat with a weight of 627 grams
- Sinnamary brush-tailed rat with a weight of 291 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phyllomys unicolor:
- San Luis tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Silvery marmoset bringing 376 grams to the scale
- Pygmy rabbit bringing 437 grams to the scale
- Steinbach’s tuco-tuco bringing 385 grams to the scale
- Lesser bamboo rat bringing 472 grams to the scale
- Southern tuco-tuco bringing 403 grams to the scale
- Brown-mantled tamarin bringing 393 grams to the scale
- Greater dwarf lemur bringing 447 grams to the scale
- Ryukyu flying fox bringing 491 grams to the scale
- White-lipped tamarin bringing 509 grams to the scale