It is hard to guess what a Goeldi’s spiny rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Goeldi’s spiny rat (Proechimys goeldii) on average weights 284 grams (0.63 lbs).
The Goeldi’s spiny rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Proechimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.7 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.
Goeldi’s spiny-rat, Proechimys goeldii, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.
Animals of the same family as a Goeldi’s spiny rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat with a weight of 398 grams
- Pacific spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Broad-headed spiny rat with a weight of 201 grams
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat with a weight of 439 grams
- Guyenne spiny rat with a weight of 315 grams
- Speckled spiny tree-rat with a weight of 283 grams
- Dusky spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Sucre spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat with a weight of 138 grams
- Armored rat with a weight of 281 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Goeldi’s spiny rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Proechimys goeldii:
- Vogelkop ringtail possum bringing 255 grams to the scale
- Fire-footed rope squirrel bringing 243 grams to the scale
- Lundomys bringing 238 grams to the scale
- Somali bushbaby bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- Spiny Ceram rat bringing 306 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Sucre spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Ontong Java flying fox bringing 232 grams to the scale
- Mentawai squirrel bringing 296 grams to the scale