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Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (Lophuromys sikapusi) reaches an average size of 11.8 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 62 grams (0.14 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 7 grams (0.02 lbs). A Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat has 3 babies at once. The Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (genus: Lophuromys) 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.

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The rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (Lophuromys sikapusi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, and pastureland.

Animals of the same family as a Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat:

Animals with the same weight as a Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lophuromys sikapusi: