It is hard to guess what a Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat (Lonchothrix emiliae) on average weights 138 grams (0.3 lbs).
The Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Lonchothrix). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.28 meter (7′ 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 tuft-tailed spiny tree rat (Lonchothrix emiliae) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is known from Brazil south of the Amazon River, where it has been found in grassland and gallery forest. It is the only species in the genus Lonchothrix.Very little is known about this rodent. It is small with an average adult weight of about 138 grams. It is nocturnal and solitary in habits.The genus and species were described by Oldfield Thomas in 1920. The genus name Lonchothrix derives from the two ancient greek words λόγχη (lónkhē), meaning “spear”, and θρίξ, τριχός (thríx, trikhós), meaning “hair”.
Animals of the same family as a Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Common punaré with a weight of 298 grams
- Broad-headed spiny rat with a weight of 30 grams
- Guaira spiny rat with a weight of 349 grams
- Ferreira’s spiny tree-rat with a weight of 175 grams
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 502 grams
- Roberto’s spiny rat with a weight of 285 grams
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 502 grams
- Magdalena spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Steere’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Golden Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 243 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lonchothrix emiliae:
- Dian’s tarsier bringing 111 grams to the scale
- Laminate vlei rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Tropical ground squirrel bringing 155 grams to the scale
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Silvery mole-rat bringing 160 grams to the scale
- Dwarf flying fox bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Sado mole bringing 131 grams to the scale
- Collared pika bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Malayan field rat bringing 119 grams to the scale