It is hard to guess what a Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus melanurus) on average weights 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs).
The Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine is from the family Erethizontidae (genus: Sphiggurus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 39.8 cm (1′ 4″).
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-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou melanurus, is a South American porcupine species from the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.This species was formerly sometimes assigned to Sphiggurus, a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus), the brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus) and the streaked dwarf porcupine (Coendou ichillus).
Animals of the same family as a Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine
We found other animals of the Erethizontidae family:
- Brazilian porcupine bringing 4.12 kilos (9.08 lbs) to the scale
- Brown hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 736 grams
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
- North American porcupine bringing 7.42 kilos (16.36 lbs) to the scale
- Stump-tailed porcupine with a weight of 832 grams
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 751 grams
- Bahia porcupine with a weight of 999 grams
- Black dwarf porcupine bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Bicolored-spined porcupine bringing 4.49 kilos (9.9 lbs) to the scale
- Rothschild’s porcupine bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sphiggurus melanurus:
- Rock-haunting ringtail possum with a weight of 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs)
- Liberian mongoose with a weight of 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Burmese ferret-badger with a weight of 1.85 kilos (4.08 lbs)
- African savanna hare with a weight of 1.76 kilos (3.88 lbs)
- Woodlark cuscus with a weight of 1.63 kilos (3.59 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Nilgiri marten with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Gilbert’s potoroo with a weight of 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black-tailed hairy 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-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine:
- White-eared opossum with a size of 36 cm (1′ 3″)
- Rüppell’s fox with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a size of 47.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Black flying squirrel with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-nosed saki with a size of 44 cm (1′ 6″)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Rock hyrax with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Sumatran striped rabbit with a size of 37.7 cm (1′ 3″)
- Gilbert’s potoroo with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)