It is hard to guess what a Unexpected cotton rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Unexpected cotton rat (Sigmodon inopinatus) on average weights 140 grams (0.31 lbs).
The Unexpected cotton rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Sigmodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.7 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 unexpected cotton rat (Sigmodon inopinatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador at elevations of 3500 to 4000 m, where it has been found in association with streams and marshes. It is also known as the Ecuadorian cotton rat.
Animals of the same family as a Unexpected cotton rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Summit rat with a weight of 107 grams
- Pseudoryzomys with a weight of 45 grams
- Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil with a weight of 35 grams
- Wagner’s gerbil with a weight of 27 grams
- Black-tailed tree rat with a weight of 125 grams
- Silky Oldfield mouse with a weight of 115 grams
- Steppe field mouse with a weight of 20 grams
- Chiapan deer mouse with a weight of 40 grams
- Kimberley rock rat with a weight of 95 grams
- Desert pygmy mouse with a weight of 6 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Unexpected cotton rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sigmodon inopinatus:
- Mountain degu bringing 154 grams to the scale
- Botta’s pocket gopher bringing 123 grams to the scale
- Harpy fruit bat bringing 135 grams to the scale
- Sooretamys bringing 120 grams to the scale
- Buller’s pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Peleng tarsier bringing 165 grams to the scale
- New Guinean rat bringing 133 grams to the scale
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat bringing 122 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale