How big does a Stein’s paramelomys get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Stein’s paramelomys (Paramelomys steini) reaches an average size of 12.5 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). The Stein’s paramelomys (genus: Paramelomys) 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.
Stein’s paramelomys, (Paramelomys steini), is a species of rodent native to Indonesia. Official observation of this species was only obtained on the Wayland Mountain on the island of New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia). It has only been observed on montane (high-altitude) forests. The population of P. steini is not known.It was previously classified as Paramelomys rubex before it was recognized as separate species. P. steini has a larger body but shorter and wider hind feet.
Animals of the same family as a Stein’s paramelomys
We found other animals of the Muridae family:
- Wood lemming with 5 babies per litter
- Glacier rat with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Peruvian Oldfield mouse with a weight of 77 grams
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Père David’s vole with a size of 9.3 cm (0′ 4″)
- Savile’s bandicoot rat with a weight of 260 grams
- Chestnut climbing mouse with 3 babies per litter
- Günther’s vole with 6 babies per litter
- Mindanao mountain rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
Animals with the same size as a Stein’s paramelomys
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Stein’s paramelomys:
- Pocock’s highland rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Arends’s golden mole with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Stirton’s deer mouse with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Van Deusen’s rat with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Visagie’s golden mole with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sandhill dunnart with a size of 10.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Mexican volcano mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Small Japanese mole with a size of 13.9 cm (0′ 6″)
- Common vole with a size of 11.4 cm (0′ 5″)