It is hard to guess what a Tete veld aethomys weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tete veld aethomys (Aethomys ineptus) on average weights 133 grams (0.29 lbs).
The Tete veld aethomys is from the family Muridae (genus: Aethomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.2 cm (0′ 6″).
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 Tete veld aethomys or Tete veld rat (Aethomys ineptus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, shrubland, and grassland. The common name refers to the type locality, Tete, on the Zambesi River.
Animals of the same family as a Tete veld aethomys
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Neacomys tenuipes with a weight of 19 grams
- Mongolian gerbil with a weight of 57 grams
- Spinifex hopping mouse with a weight of 32 grams
- Charming climbing mouse with a weight of 89 grams
- Bibimys torresi with a weight of 28 grams
- Japanese grass vole with a weight of 29 grams
- Major’s pine vole with 3 babies per litter
- Blazed Luzon shrew-rat with a size of 19.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Slender rat with a weight of 97 grams
- Hoary bamboo rat bringing 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tete veld aethomys
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Aethomys ineptus:
- Hinde’s rock rat bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Laminate vlei rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Round-tailed ground squirrel bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Mountain viscacha rat bringing 124 grams to the scale
- Western dwarf squirrel bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Palawan spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Ihering’s three-striped opossum bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Waterhouse’s swamp rat bringing 146 grams to the scale
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Edible dormouse bringing 128 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Tete veld aethomys
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tete veld aethomys:
- Gambian epauletted fruit bat with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Goldman’s woodrat with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- California vole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Roman mole with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Woolly mouse opossum with a size of 16.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Garden dormouse with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Gray slender opossum with a size of 13 cm (0′ 6″)
- Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 12.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Texas kangaroo rat with a size of 11.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Silvery mole-rat with a size of 15.5 cm (0′ 7″)