It is hard to guess what a Tweedy’s crab-eating rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tweedy’s crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys tweedii) on average weights 119 grams (0.26 lbs).
The Tweedy’s crab-eating rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Ichthyomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 57.3 cm (1′ 11″). Usually, Tweedy’s crab-eating 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.
Tweedy’s crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys tweedii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in two disjoint regions in western Ecuador and central Panama. The species is found near fast-flowing streams in primary and secondary forest, and is known from elevations of 900 to 1700 m. It is presumed that like other members of its genus, it nocturnal and semiaquatic, and feeds on freshwater invertebrates, such as crabs. This rodent is threatened by habitat destruction and water pollution.
Animals of the same family as a Tweedy’s crab-eating rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Eva’s desert mouse with a weight of 21 grams
- Ethiopian narrow-headed rat with a weight of 144 grams
- Cape York rat with a weight of 200 grams
- Transandinomys talamancae with a weight of 54 grams
- Snow-footed Oldfield mouse with a weight of 54 grams
- Mearns’s grasshopper mouse with a weight of 30 grams
- White-ankled mouse with a weight of 38 grams
- Grant’s rock mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Akodon boliviensis with a weight of 27 grams
- Ernst Mayr’s water rat with a weight of 42 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tweedy’s crab-eating rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ichthyomys tweedii:
- Pale leaf-eared mouse bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Southern pocket gopher bringing 126 grams to the scale
- Ghost bat bringing 124 grams to the scale
- Edible dormouse bringing 128 grams to the scale
- Ribboned rope squirrel bringing 141 grams to the scale
- Daurian pika bringing 131 grams to the scale
- Malayan field rat bringing 119 grams to the scale
- Unexpected cotton rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Sloggett’s vlei rat bringing 106 grams to the scale
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat bringing 122 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Tweedy’s crab-eating rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tweedy’s crab-eating rat: