It is hard to guess what a Subalpine woolly rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap) on average weights 1.99 kg (4.39 lbs).
The Subalpine woolly rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Mallomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.7 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Subalpine woolly rats have 1 babies per litter.
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 subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Animals of the same family as a Subalpine woolly rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Ranee mouse with a size of 7.5 cm (0′ 3″)
- Somali pygmy gerbil with a size of 6.8 cm (0′ 3″)
- White-ankled mouse with a weight of 38 grams
- BolaƱos woodrat with a weight of 198 grams
- Andean vesper mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 17.2 cm (0′ 7″)
- White-eared cotton rat with a weight of 132 grams
- Eastern chestnut mouse with a weight of 79 grams
- Winter white dwarf hamster with a weight of 30 grams
- Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 90 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Subalpine woolly rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mallomys istapantap:
- Banded hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs)
- Long-footed potoroo with a weight of 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Swamp rabbit with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Coppery ringtail possum with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Abyssinian hare with a weight of 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs)
- Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 1.9 kilos (4.19 lbs)
- Common genet with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Red-bellied lemur with a weight of 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Subalpine woolly rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Subalpine woolly rat:
- Red-tailed monkey with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Common opossum with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Woodlark cuscus with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Aye-aye with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Wedge-capped capuchin with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Subalpine woolly rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Subalpine woolly rat: