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Lesser stick-nest rat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Lesser stick-nest rat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Lesser stick-nest rat (Leporillus apicalis) reaches an average size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 150 grams (0.33 lbs). The Lesser stick-nest rat (genus: Leporillus) is a member of the family Muridae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Lesser stick-nest rat is (0' 8

The lesser stick-nest rat or white-tipped stick-nest rat (Leporillus apicalis) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It lived in central Australia where it built nests of sticks that accumulate over years and can become very large. The last confirmed sighting of this rat was in 1933 although there is a credible report of a sighting in 1970. In 2008, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed it as “critically endangered”, suggesting that it may yet survive in remote areas of unsurveyed territory, but revised its evaluation to “extinct” again in 2016, based on an assessment in 2012.

Animals of the same family as a Lesser stick-nest rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Lesser stick-nest rat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser stick-nest rat:

Animals with the same weight as a Lesser stick-nest rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Leporillus apicalis: