It is hard to guess what a Emily’s tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Emily’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys emilianus) on average weights 285 grams (0.63 lbs).
The Emily’s tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20 cm (0′ 8″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Emily’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys emilianus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is endemic to Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Emily’s tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Pearson’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 212 grams
- Chacoan tuco-tuco with a weight of 166 grams
- Collared tuco-tuco with a weight of 210 grams
- Salta tuco-tuco with a weight of 230 grams
- Azara’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Mottled tuco-tuco with a weight of 192 grams
- Furtive tuco-tuco with a weight of 150 grams
- Tawny tuco-tuco with a weight of 280 grams
- Conover’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 860 grams
- Peruvian tuco-tuco with a weight of 489 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Emily’s tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys emilianus:
- Bennett’s chinchilla rat bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- Somali bushbaby bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Greater hedgehog tenrec bringing 277 grams to the scale
- Tate’s triok bringing 252 grams to the scale
- Anderson’s four-eyed opossum bringing 324 grams to the scale
- Peruvian tree-rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- Fire-footed rope squirrel bringing 243 grams to the scale
- Northern glider bringing 278 grams to the scale
- Admiralty flying fox bringing 305 grams to the scale