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How much does a Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat weight?

It is hard to guess what a Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat (Isothrix bistriata) on average weights 445 grams (0.98 lbs).

The Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Isothrix). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 35.4 cm (1′ 2″).

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 yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat, Isothrix bistriata, is a South American brush-tailed rat species from the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and Venezuela.They are nocturnal and arboreal animals found in lowland evergreen rainforest, probably restricted to igapó and várzea habitats. Sometimes they can be seen at the entrances of their dens, in tree holes (specially hollow palms) on the borders of rivers.

Animals of the same family as a Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat

We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Isothrix bistriata: