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How much does a Bridges’s degu weight?

It is hard to guess what a Bridges’s degu weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Bridges’s degu (Octodon bridgesi) on average weights 162 grams (0.36 lbs).

The Bridges’s degu is from the family Octodontidae (genus: Octodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.9 cm (0′ 7″).

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.

Bridges’s degu (Octodon bridgesi) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile, most typically in southern Chile. The species was named after Thomas Bridges.

Animals of the same family as a Bridges’s degu

We found other animals of the Octodontidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Bridges’s degu

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Octodon bridgesi:

Animals with the same size as a Bridges’s degu

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bridges’s degu: