It is hard to guess what a Central American agouti weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) on average weights 2.31 kg (5.09 lbs).
The Central American agouti is from the family Dasyproctidae (genus: Dasyprocta). They can live for up to 10 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 57.4 cm (1′ 11″). Usually, Central American agoutis 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 Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecuador, Colombia and far western Venezuela. A highly disjunct population is found in southeastern Peru, far southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, western Paraguay and far northwestern Argentina. The disjunct population has been treated as a separate species, the brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata), but a major review of the geographic variation is necessary. The Central American agouti has also been introduced to Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola and the Cayman Islands.Though some populations are reduced due to hunting and deforestation, large populations remain and it is not considered threatened.
Animals of the same family as a Central American agouti
We found other animals of the Dasyproctidae family:
- Crested agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Red acouchi bringing 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs) to the scale
- Green acouchi with a weight of 966 grams
- Red acouchi with a weight of 949 grams
- Black agouti bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Black-rumped agouti bringing 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs) to the scale
- Azara’s agouti bringing 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs) to the scale
- Kalinowski’s agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Red-rumped agouti bringing 3.02 kilos (6.66 lbs) to the scale
- Orinoco agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Central American agouti
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dasyprocta punctata:
- White-sided jackrabbit with a weight of 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs)
- Andean hairy armadillo with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Subalpine woolly rat with a weight of 1.99 kilos (4.39 lbs)
- Java mouse-deer with a weight of 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs)
- Alpine woolly rat with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Hispid hare with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Indian hare with a weight of 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs)
- Virginia opossum with a weight of 2.46 kilos (5.42 lbs)
- Silver dik-dik with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Central American agouti
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Central American agouti:
- Tammar wallaby
- Barbary macaque
- Australian sea lion
- Dormer’s bat
- Cuvier’s gazelle
- Northern bottlenose whale
- Rio Beni titi
- Black squirrel monkey
- Eastern rock elephant shrew
- Ribbon seal
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Central American agouti
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Central American agouti:
- Greater spear-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Cave myotis with an average maximal age of 11.25 years
- Pudú with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Rock cavy with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Red acouchi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- White-tailed jackrabbit with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with an average maximal age of 10.5 years
- Jaguarundi with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
- Four-horned antelope with an average maximal age of 10.75 years