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Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat size: How big do they get?

How big does a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys mollis) reaches an average size of 14.3 cm (0′ 6″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 90 grams (0.2 lbs). A Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat has 1 babies at once. The Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat (genus: Melomys) 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.

Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys mollis) 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 Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat:

Animals with the same weight as a Thomas’s mosaic-tailed rat

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Melomys mollis: