It is hard to guess what a Reddish tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Reddish tuco-tuco (Ctenomys frater) on average weights 173 grams (0.38 lbs).
The Reddish tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.7 cm (0′ 7″).
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.
The reddish tuco-tuco (Ctenomys frater) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Five subspecies have been recognized, some formerly designated as separate species. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia at altitudes from 600 to 4,500. This tuco-tuco is fossorial, like others in its genus. Its diet consists of underground tubers and roots. Its karyotype has 2n = 52 and FN = 78.It lives in colonies in areas with suitably soft, dry soil. Both undisturbed and disturbed areas provide suitable habitat. Its conservation status is assessed as “Least Concern” by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Reddish tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Peruvian tuco-tuco with a weight of 489 grams
- Mendoza tuco-tuco with a weight of 179 grams
- Haig’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 164 grams
- Colburn’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Maule tuco-tuco with a weight of 235 grams
- Steinbach’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 385 grams
- Argentine tuco-tuco with a weight of 221 grams
- Conover’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 860 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Bonetto’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 202 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Reddish tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys frater:
- Papuan bandicoot bringing 158 grams to the scale
- Middle East blind mole-rat bringing 164 grams to the scale
- Gray tree rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Tamaulipan woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat bringing 172 grams to the scale
- Laminate vlei rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian narrow-headed rat bringing 144 grams to the scale
- Ochre mole-rat bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Tanezumi rat bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Fat-tailed dwarf lemur bringing 197 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Reddish tuco-tuco
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Reddish tuco-tuco:
- Biak glider with a size of 14.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Kowari with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Tsing-ling pika with a size of 15.6 cm (0′ 7″)
- Franquet’s epauletted fruit bat with a size of 13.5 cm (0′ 6″)
- Rajah spiny rat with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- One-striped opossum with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Robust yellow bat with a size of 15.2 cm (0′ 6″)
- Narrow-striped marsupial shrew with a size of 16.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bush rat with a size of 15.8 cm (0′ 7″)
- Sonoma chipmunk with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)