It is hard to guess what a Colburn’s tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Colburn’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys colburni) on average weights 400 grams (0.88 lbs).
The Colburn’s tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.1 cm (0′ 9″).
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.
Colburn’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys colburni) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is known only from Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Colburn’s tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Robust tuco-tuco with a weight of 249 grams
- Pearson’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 212 grams
- Southern tuco-tuco with a weight of 403 grams
- Silky tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Highland tuco-tuco with a weight of 327 grams
- Strong tuco-tuco with a weight of 233 grams
- Reddish tuco-tuco with a weight of 173 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Tiny tuco-tuco with a weight of 92 grams
- Emily’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 285 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Colburn’s tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys colburni:
- Social tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Pygmy spotted skunk bringing 365 grams to the scale
- Russian desman bringing 420 grams to the scale
- King rat (animal) bringing 420 grams to the scale
- Desert hedgehog bringing 352 grams to the scale
- Cuvier’s spiny rat bringing 339 grams to the scale
- Red bush squirrel bringing 365 grams to the scale
- Mountain giant Sunda rat bringing 419 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed chinchilla bringing 480 grams to the scale
- Kinabalu squirrel bringing 324 grams to the scale