It is hard to guess what a Tanezumi rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi) on average weights 140 grams (0.31 lbs).
The Tanezumi rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Rattus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 17.1 cm (0′ 7″).
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 Tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi), also known as the Asian rat or Asian house rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is closely related to the black rat (Rattus rattus). It is widespread in eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, being found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Tanezumi rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Kemp’s gerbil with a weight of 101 grams
- Percival’s spiny mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- African grass rat with a weight of 95 grams
- Banana climbing mouse with 2 babies per litter
- Tropical vlei rat with 1 babies per litter
- Pinyon mouse with a weight of 27 grams
- Sundevall’s jird with a weight of 69 grams
- Gleaning mouse with a weight of 35 grams
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat with a weight of 47 grams
- Dormouse tufted-tailed rat with a weight of 69 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tanezumi rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rattus tanezumi:
- Fossorial giant rat bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Northern flying squirrel bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Tropical ground squirrel bringing 155 grams to the scale
- Botta’s pocket gopher bringing 123 grams to the scale
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Vinogradov’s jird bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Bolivian chinchilla rat bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Gorongoza gerbil bringing 119 grams to the scale
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum bringing 112 grams to the scale