It is hard to guess what a Western white-eared giant rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Western white-eared giant rat (Hyomys dammermani) on average weights 932 grams (2.05 lbs).
The Western white-eared giant rat is from the family Muridae (genus: Hyomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 31 cm (1′ 1″). Usually, Western white-eared giant 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.
The western white-eared giant rat (Hyomys dammermani) 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 Western white-eared giant rat
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Bush rat with a weight of 124 grams
- Summit rat with a weight of 107 grams
- Vogelkop mountain rat with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Taiwan field mouse with a weight of 25 grams
- Mindanao shrew-rat with a size of 10.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Bramble Cay melomys with a weight of 100 grams
- Verreaux’s mouse with a weight of 41 grams
- Taczanowski’s Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat with a weight of 57 grams
- Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat with a weight of 93 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Western white-eared giant rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hyomys dammermani:
- Sunda slow loris bringing 940 grams to the scale
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey bringing 888 grams to the scale
- Black-capped squirrel monkey bringing 802 grams to the scale
- Brown titi bringing 851 grams to the scale
- Ring-tailed cat with a weight of 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs)
- Moonrat bringing 787 grams to the scale
- White-eared titi bringing 898 grams to the scale
- White-tailed prairie dog bringing 964 grams to the scale
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Muskrat bringing 992 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Western white-eared giant rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Western white-eared giant rat:
- Mongoose lemur with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Variegated squirrel with a size of 26.3 cm (0′ 11″)
- Black flying fox with a size of 25.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Northern glider with a size of 25.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Mountain cottontail with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Cape gray mongoose with a size of 35 cm (1′ 2″)
- Arizona gray squirrel with a size of 26.4 cm (0′ 11″)
- Small-toothed sportive lemur with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Eastern gray squirrel with a size of 25.4 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Western white-eared giant rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Western white-eared giant rat: