It is hard to guess what a Coypu weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Coypu (Myocastor coypus) on average weights 6.36 kg (14.02 lbs).
The Coypu is from the family Myocastoridae (genus: Myocastor). It is usually born with about 206 grams (0.45 lbs). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 52.1 cm (1′ 9″). On average, Coypus can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 5.
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 coypu (from Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu; Myocastor coypus), also known as the nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent.Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae, Myocastor is now included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats.The coypu lives in burrows alongside stretches of water, and feeds on river plant stems. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur farmers. Although it is still hunted and trapped for its fur in some regions, its destructive burrowing and feeding habits often bring it into conflict with humans, and it is considered an invasive species.
Animals with the same weight as a Coypu
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myocastor coypus:
- Raffles’ banded langur with a weight of 7.02 kilos (15.48 lbs)
- Thomas’s langur with a weight of 6.69 kilos (14.75 lbs)
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Tibetan sand fox with a weight of 5.54 kilos (12.21 lbs)
- Olympic marmot with a weight of 6.3 kilos (13.89 lbs)
- Jaguarundi with a weight of 6.88 kilos (15.17 lbs)
- Javan surili with a weight of 6.57 kilos (14.48 lbs)
- Preuss’s monkey with a weight of 5.14 kilos (11.33 lbs)
- White-striped dorcopsis with a weight of 5.5 kilos (12.13 lbs)
- Bush dog with a weight of 6.32 kilos (13.93 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Coypu
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Coypu:
- Red-rumped agouti with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Island fox with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Müeller’s gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red-eared guenon with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Arctic fox with a size of 56.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Javan surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Egyptian mongoose with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Marbled cat with a size of 51.7 cm (1′ 9″)
- Tenkile with a size of 61.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- White-nosed saki with a size of 44 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Coypu
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Coypu:
- Kowari
- Northern gracile opossum
- Smoky shrew
- Fat-tailed false antechinus
- Grey red-backed vole
- Northern grass mouse
- Siberian chipmunk
- Yellow-necked mouse
- Star-nosed mole
- Persian jird
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Coypu
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Coypu:
- Rock hyrax with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Short-tailed chinchilla with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Greater bilby with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Cape grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Ring-tailed vontsira with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Mountain reedbuck with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Pygmy hog with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Eastern spotted skunk with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Pudú with an average maximal age of 12.5 years