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How much does a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys mollis) on average weights 90 grams (0.2 lbs).

The Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Melomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.3 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Thomas’s mosaic-tailed 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.

Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys mollis) 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 Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys mollis:

Animals with the same size as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat: