It is hard to guess what a Speckled spiny tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Speckled spiny tree-rat (Echimys semivillosus) on average weights 283 grams (0.62 lbs).
The Speckled spiny tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Echimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 21.3 cm (0′ 9″).
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 speckled spiny tree-rat (Pattonomys semivillosus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in northern Colombia and Venezuela. It can be found in gallery forest and dry forest. Its diet includes fruit and seeds.
Animals of the same family as a Speckled spiny tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Sinnamary brush-tailed rat with a weight of 291 grams
- Bristle-spined rat bringing 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs) to the scale
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Short-tailed spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 260 grams
- Boyacá spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Steere’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 224 grams
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Speckled spiny tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Echimys semivillosus:
- Sonoran woodrat bringing 227 grams to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel bringing 264 grams to the scale
- Pteropus temmincki bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Samoa flying fox bringing 309 grams to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy bringing 261 grams to the scale
- Squirrel glider bringing 230 grams to the scale
- Lyle’s flying fox bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Gray slender loris bringing 254 grams to the scale
- Western barred bandicoot bringing 230 grams to the scale
- Deppe’s squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale