It is hard to guess what a Tanala tufted-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tanala tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus tanala) on average weights 90 grams (0.2 lbs).
The Tanala tufted-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Eliurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.7 cm (0′ 5″).
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 Tanala tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus tanala) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar.
Animals of the same family as a Tanala tufted-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Transandinomys talamancae with a weight of 54 grams
- Yucatan deer mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Eastern white-eared giant rat with a weight of 867 grams
- Northern grasshopper mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Haggard’s leaf-eared mouse with a weight of 42 grams
- Oecomys paricola with a weight of 73 grams
- Southern African vlei rat with a weight of 114 grams
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 82 grams
- Sikkim rat with a size of 18.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Oligoryzomys andinus with a weight of 25 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tanala tufted-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eliurus tanala:
- Rosalinda’s Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- San Quintin kangaroo rat bringing 84 grams to the scale
- Distinguished Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Ghana rufous-nosed rat bringing 85 grams to the scale
- Woolly mouse opossum bringing 107 grams to the scale
- Beady-eyed mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Peruvian Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Arnhem Land rock rat bringing 94 grams to the scale
- Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Roman mole bringing 92 grams to the scale