It is hard to guess what a Webb’s tufted-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Webb’s tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus webbi) on average weights 61 grams (0.13 lbs).
The Webb’s tufted-tailed rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Eliurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.7 cm (0′ 5″).
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.
Webb’s tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus webbi) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Webb’s tufted-tailed rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Big deer mouse with a weight of 71 grams
- Pearson’s chaco mouse with a weight of 25 grams
- Chiriqui harvest mouse with a weight of 22 grams
- Abrothrix lanosus with a weight of 27 grams
- Mindanao mountain rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat with a weight of 62 grams
- Big-eared swamp rat with a weight of 95 grams
- African marsh rat with a weight of 128 grams
- Murree vole with a weight of 52 grams
- Unalaska collared lemming with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same weight as a Webb’s tufted-tailed rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eliurus webbi:
- Murree vole bringing 52 grams to the scale
- Feather-tailed possum bringing 53 grams to the scale
- Darwin’s leaf-eared mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Hainan gymnure bringing 58 grams to the scale
- Mexican spiny pocket mouse bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Gray-collared chipmunk bringing 61 grams to the scale
- African wading rat bringing 62 grams to the scale
- Euryoryzomys lamia bringing 60 grams to the scale
- Hylaeamys laticeps bringing 49 grams to the scale
- Cinnamon antechinus bringing 71 grams to the scale