It is hard to guess what a Lesser grison weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lesser grison (Galictis cuja) on average weights 1000 grams (2.2 lbs).
The Lesser grison is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Galictis). They can live for up to 7.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.4 cm (1′ 5″).
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 lesser grison (Galictis cuja) is a species of mustelid from South America.
Animals of the same family as a Lesser grison
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Striped polecat with a weight of 812 grams
- American mink with a weight of 904 grams
- Marine otter bringing 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain weasel with a weight of 180 grams
- Hooded skunk bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Chinese ferret-badger with a weight of 939 grams
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
- Patagonian weasel with a weight of 225 grams
- Spotted-necked otter bringing 4.18 kilos (9.22 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgiri marten bringing 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Lesser grison
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Galictis cuja:
- Mimic tree rat bringing 975 grams to the scale
- Aotus infulatus bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Black-bearded flying fox bringing 872 grams to the scale
- Black flying squirrel with a weight of 1.19 kilos (2.62 lbs)
- White-eared titi bringing 898 grams to the scale
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Rio Mayo titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Spix’s night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Indian flying fox bringing 822 grams to the scale
- Small-toothed sportive lemur bringing 955 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Lesser grison
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lesser grison:
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- European wildcat with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- New England cottontail with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- David’s echymipera with a size of 37.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Toque macaque with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Red-bellied lemur with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Brazilian porcupine with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Lesser grison
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Lesser grison:
- Southeastern myotis with an average maximal age of 6 years
- American hog-nosed skunk with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Brown dorcopsis with an average maximal age of 7.58 years
- Xerus erythropus with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Snowshoe hare with an average maximal age of 8 years
- North African hedgehog with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Bahamian hutia with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Rufous hare-wallaby with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Black dorcopsis with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Rakali with an average maximal age of 6.17 years