It is hard to guess what a Bicolored-spined porcupine weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) on average weights 4.49 kg (9.9 lbs).
The Bicolored-spined porcupine is from the family Erethizontidae (genus: Coendou). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.1 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Bicolored-spined porcupines have 1 babies per litter.
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 bicolored-spined porcupine (Coendou bicolor) is a species of nocturnal and arboreal rodent in the family Erethizontidae.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.The head and body of Coendou bicolor measure about 543 mm, and another 481 mm is tail. The body is covered with dense spines, pale yellow at the base and black-tipped, and significantly darker on the midback. The bicolored-spined porcupine has a fully prehensile tail that is primarily free of spines (Eisenberg, 1989).
Animals of the same family as a Bicolored-spined porcupine
We found other animals of the Erethizontidae family:
- Brazilian porcupine bringing 4.12 kilos (9.08 lbs) to the scale
- Black dwarf porcupine bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 751 grams
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
- Brown hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 736 grams
- Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 1.9 kilos (4.19 lbs) to the scale
- Bahia porcupine with a weight of 999 grams
- Stump-tailed porcupine with a weight of 832 grams
- Black dwarf porcupine bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Bicolored-spined porcupine
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Coendou bicolor:
- Toque macaque with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Pampas fox with a weight of 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)
- Bat-eared fox with a weight of 4.07 kilos (8.97 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a weight of 3.61 kilos (7.96 lbs)
- Unadorned rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.56 kilos (10.05 lbs)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a weight of 3.71 kilos (8.18 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bicolored-spined porcupine
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bicolored-spined porcupine: