How big does a Coypu get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Coypu (Myocastor coypus) reaches an average size of 52.1 cm (1′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 12 years, they grow from 206 grams (0.45 lbs) to 6.36 kg (14.02 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Coypus have 5 babies about 2 times per year. The Coypu (genus: Myocastor) is a member of the family Myocastoridae.
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 coypu (from Spanish coipĂș, from Mapudungun koypu; Myocastor coypus), also known as the nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent.Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae, Myocastor is now included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats.The coypu lives in burrows alongside stretches of water, and feeds on river plant stems. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur farmers. Although it is still hunted and trapped for its fur in some regions, its destructive burrowing and feeding habits often bring it into conflict with humans, and it is considered an invasive species.
Animals with the same size as a Coypu
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Coypu:
- Cacomistle with a size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- De Brazza’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- European hare with a size of 52.6 cm (1′ 9″)
- Thollon’s red colobus with a size of 57 cm (1′ 11″)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Riverine rabbit with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Moustached guenon with a size of 52 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Coypu
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Coypu:
- Montane vole
- Daurian pika
- Long-eared chipmunk
- Royle’s mountain vole
- Sandhill dunnart
- Yellow-necked mouse
- Small vesper mouse
- Caucasian snow vole
- Tate’s woolly mouse opossum
- Kowari
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Coypu
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Coypu:
- Grant’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 12.67 years
- Hispaniolan solenodon with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 14.33 years
- European hare with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Cape grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Jaguarundi with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
- Mountain beaver with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Groundhog with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Central American agouti with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Masoala fork-marked lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a Coypu
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myocastor coypus:
- Venezuelan red howler with a weight of 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs)
- Thomas’s langur with a weight of 6.69 kilos (14.75 lbs)
- Rhesus macaque with a weight of 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
- Mantled howler with a weight of 6.58 kilos (14.51 lbs)
- Kloss’s gibbon with a weight of 5.84 kilos (12.87 lbs)
- Southern river otter with a weight of 7.5 kilos (16.53 lbs)
- Lion-tailed macaque with a weight of 6 kilos (13.23 lbs)
- Brown’s pademelon with a weight of 5.48 kilos (12.08 lbs)
- Black howler with a weight of 5.58 kilos (12.3 lbs)