It is hard to guess what a Black dwarf porcupine weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera) on average weights 3 kg (6.61 lbs).
The Black dwarf porcupine is from the family Erethizontidae (genus: Coendou). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 35 cm (1′ 2″).
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 black dwarf porcupine, also known as Koopman’s porcupine, Coendou nycthemera, is a porcupine species from the New World porcupine family endemic to northern Brazil. It occurs in the Amazon rainforest east of the Madeira River and south of the Amazon River. It inhabits primary forest and possibly second growth. It was described as Coendou koopmani by Charles O. Handley Jr. and Ronald H. Pine in 1992, but was subsequently found to be identical to a species described in 1818. It is nocturnal and herbivorous.
Animals of the same family as a Black dwarf porcupine
We found other animals of the Erethizontidae family:
- Stump-tailed porcupine with a weight of 832 grams
- Bicolored-spined porcupine bringing 4.49 kilos (9.9 lbs) to the scale
- Bahia porcupine with a weight of 999 grams
- North American porcupine bringing 7.42 kilos (16.36 lbs) to the scale
- Brown hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 736 grams
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 751 grams
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s porcupine bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
- Brazilian porcupine bringing 4.12 kilos (9.08 lbs) to the scale
- Black dwarf porcupine bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black dwarf porcupine
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Coendou nycthemera:
- White-nosed saki with a weight of 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs)
- Philippine porcupine with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
- Red-tailed monkey with a weight of 3.54 kilos (7.8 lbs)
- Salt’s dik-dik with a weight of 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a weight of 3.24 kilos (7.14 lbs)
- Brown palm civet with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
- Japanese hare with a weight of 2.53 kilos (5.58 lbs)
- Large bamboo rat with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Broom hare with a weight of 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs)
- Rufous rat-kangaroo with a weight of 2.81 kilos (6.19 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black dwarf porcupine
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black dwarf porcupine:
- Western white-eared giant rat with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Golden bamboo lemur with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Eastern common cuscus with a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Bahamian hutia with a size of 39.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- European polecat with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-faced saki with a size of 34.6 cm (1′ 2″)
- Marsh rabbit with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)