It is hard to guess what a Brazilian guinea pig weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea) on average weights 524 grams (1.16 lbs).
The Brazilian guinea pig is from the family Caviidae (genus: Cavia). It is usually born with about 58 grams (0.13 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 89 cm (3′ 0″). On average, Brazilian guinea pigs can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 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 Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea) (preá in Portuguese) is a guinea pig species found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.Cavia aperea has been successfully mated to the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, though many females become infertile in successive generations.Brazilian guinea pigs are mainly diurnal animals and are narrower and longer than domesticated guinea pigs.
Animals of the same family as a Brazilian guinea pig
We found other animals of the Caviidae family:
- Greater guinea pig with a weight of 460 grams
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 450 grams
- Common yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 387 grams
- Capybara bringing 48.14 kilos (106.13 lbs) to the scale
- Spix’s yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 361 grams
- Lesser capybara bringing 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs) to the scale
- Patagonian mara bringing 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs) to the scale
- Rock cavy with a weight of 800 grams
- Montane guinea pig bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Andean mountain cavy with a weight of 255 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Brazilian guinea pig
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cavia aperea:
- Small flying fox bringing 434 grams to the scale
- Hispid pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Darien pocket gopher bringing 437 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket gopher bringing 420 grams to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Pemba flying fox bringing 541 grams to the scale
- Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat bringing 489 grams to the scale
- Pied tamarin bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Atlantic bamboo rat bringing 600 grams to the scale
- Cotton-top tamarin bringing 463 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Brazilian guinea pig
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Brazilian guinea pig: