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Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat size: How big do they get?

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

A grown Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (Lophuromys flavopunctatus) reaches an average size of 12.2 cm (0′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 57 grams (0.13 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 6 grams (0.01 lbs). A Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat has 2 babies at once. The Yellow-spotted 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.

The yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (Lophuromys flavopunctatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. The population in Ethiopia is isolated and can be found at high altitudes up to 4,500 m above sea level.

Animals of the same family as a Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat

We found other animals of the Muridae family:

Animals with the same size as a Yellow-spotted 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 Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat:

Animals with the same litter size as a Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat:

Animals with the same weight as a Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat

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