It is hard to guess what a Bolivian tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bolivian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys boliviensis) on average weights 462 grams (1.02 lbs).
The Bolivian tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.1 cm (0′ 9″).
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 Bolivian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys boliviensis) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Animals of the same family as a Bolivian tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Collared tuco-tuco with a weight of 210 grams
- Reddish tuco-tuco with a weight of 173 grams
- San Luis tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Strong tuco-tuco with a weight of 233 grams
- Chacoan tuco-tuco with a weight of 166 grams
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 117 grams
- Argentine tuco-tuco with a weight of 221 grams
- Tawny tuco-tuco with a weight of 280 grams
- Maule tuco-tuco with a weight of 235 grams
- Catamarca tuco-tuco with a weight of 316 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Bolivian tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys boliviensis:
- Bunker’s woodrat bringing 375 grams to the scale
- Goya tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Black-headed marmoset bringing 401 grams to the scale
- Brown-mantled tamarin bringing 393 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Greater mole-rat bringing 470 grams to the scale
- Ashy-headed flying fox bringing 524 grams to the scale
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat bringing 502 grams to the scale
- Silvery marmoset bringing 376 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Bolivian tuco-tuco
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bolivian tuco-tuco:
- Northeast African mole-rat with a size of 19.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Red-bellied marsupial shrew with a size of 17.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mentawai three-striped squirrel with a size of 18.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Malayan field rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Mountain treeshrew with a size of 18.5 cm (0′ 8″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum with a size of 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Madagascan fruit bat with a size of 20.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Summit rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Red-handed tamarin with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)