How big is a new york city rat. Legend fodder by comparison the ordinary brown rat aka norway rat the type most commonly found in new york city typically grows no larger than 10 inches long and weighs less than a pound. Combs recently showed off the biggest catch to the huffington post a 675 gram nearly 1 12 pounds monster. No new york city rats arent as big as cats at least the well fed domestic ones as gotham mythology would have it.
However the vermin are of a heft that will give you nightmares in a new york minute. The average adult body weight is 350 grams 12 oz in males and about 250 grams 88 oz in females. If the pictured rat were truly was caught in new york city it would most likely have been a brown rat also known as a norway or norwegian rat.
The citys rat population is dominated by the brown rat also known as the norway rat. The species of rat that lives in new york. Rats even bigger than that have been found on occasion.
Generally they grow to about 16 inches long and. First a brief history of rats and why new york has so many.