How big does a Bahamian hutia get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Bahamian hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami) reaches an average size of 39.5 cm (1′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 6 years, they grow from 76 grams (0.17 lbs) to 912 grams (2.01 lbs). A Bahamian hutia has 1 babies at once. The Bahamian hutia (genus: Geocapromys) is a member of the family Capromyidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Bahamian hutia or Ingraham’s hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami) is a species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. Geocapromys ingrahami is endemic to the Bahamas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.
Animals of the same family as a Bahamian hutia
We found other animals of the Capromyidae family:
- Hispaniolan hutia with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Desmarest’s hutia with 2 babies per litter
- Dwarf hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Prehensile-tailed hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Eared hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Black-tailed hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Jamaican coney with a size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same size as a Bahamian hutia
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bahamian hutia:
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- European rabbit with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Telefomin cuscus with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Menzbier’s marmot with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Mountain cottontail with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Monk saki with a size of 41.1 cm (1′ 5″)
- Wedge-capped capuchin with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Manzano Mountain cottontail with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bahamian hutia
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bahamian hutia:
- Acuminate horseshoe bat
- Aardvark
- Eastern hare-wallaby
- Least horseshoe bat
- Bulmer’s fruit bat
- Maned rat
- Killer whale
- European bison
- Gee’s golden langur
- Hairy-legged vampire bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bahamian hutia
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bahamian hutia:
- Plains pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 7.17 years
- Sandhill dunnart with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Central African oyan with an average maximal age of 5.33 years
- Brown-eared woolly opossum with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Talazac’s shrew tenrec with an average maximal age of 5.83 years
- Numbat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Tiger quoll with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Yellow-pine chipmunk with an average maximal age of 5.17 years
- Evening bat with an average maximal age of 5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Bahamian hutia
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Geocapromys ingrahami:
- Ashy black titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Utah prairie dog bringing 900 grams to the scale
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Lesser grison with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Southern brown bandicoot bringing 825 grams to the scale
- Giant naked-tailed rat bringing 745 grams to the scale
- Cape gray mongoose bringing 791 grams to the scale
- Potto with a weight of 1.08 kilos (2.38 lbs)
- Black-tailed prairie dog bringing 797 grams to the scale