It is hard to guess what a Cuban solenodon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cuban solenodon (Solenodon cubanus) on average weights 806 grams (1.78 lbs).
The Cuban solenodon is from the family Solenodontidae (genus: Solenodon). They can live for up to 6.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.9 cm (1′ 2″). On average, Cuban solenodons can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 Cuban solenodon or almiqui (Solenodon cubanus), is a species of eulipotyphlan endemic to Cuba. It belongs to the family Solenodontidae along with a similar species, the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus). The solenodon is unusual among mammals in that its saliva is venomous.
Animals of the same family as a Cuban solenodon
We found other animals of the Solenodontidae family:
- Hispaniolan solenodon with a weight of 893 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Cuban solenodon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Solenodon cubanus:
- Red-tailed sportive lemur bringing 763 grams to the scale
- Amazon bamboo rat bringing 650 grams to the scale
- Black-bearded flying fox bringing 872 grams to the scale
- Red acouchi bringing 949 grams to the scale
- Mountain beaver bringing 806 grams to the scale
- Common ringtail possum bringing 895 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum bringing 765 grams to the scale
- Bolivian bamboo rat bringing 729 grams to the scale
- Arctic ground squirrel bringing 747 grams to the scale
- Hispaniolan solenodon bringing 893 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Cuban solenodon
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Cuban solenodon:
- Utah prairie dog with a size of 28.8 cm (1′ 0″)
- Greater bilby with a size of 37.5 cm (1′ 3″)
- Mexican fox squirrel with a size of 28.3 cm (1′ 0″)
- Brown-tailed mongoose with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a size of 38.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Chinese ferret-badger with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Aye-aye with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Palawan stink badger with a size of 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- Marsh rabbit with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Cuban solenodon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Cuban solenodon:
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
- White-eared titi
- Roosevelt’s muntjac
- Mantled guereza
- Brown-throated sloth
- Pagai Island macaque
- Northern fur seal
- Climbing shrew
- Western broad-nosed bat
- King colobus
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Cuban solenodon
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Cuban solenodon:
- Feathertail glider with an average maximal age of 7.17 years
- Xerus erythropus with an average maximal age of 6 years
- European mole with an average maximal age of 7 years
- White-tailed rat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel with an average maximal age of 7.08 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa with an average maximal age of 6 years
- North African hedgehog with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Long-eared hedgehog with an average maximal age of 6.75 years