It is hard to guess what a Furtive tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Furtive tuco-tuco (Ctenomys occultus) on average weights 150 grams (0.33 lbs).
The Furtive tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 15.7 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.
The furtive tuco-tuco (Ctenomys occultus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is endemic to Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Furtive tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 117 grams
- Goya tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Mottled tuco-tuco with a weight of 192 grams
- Highland tuco-tuco with a weight of 327 grams
- Southern tuco-tuco with a weight of 403 grams
- Bolivian tuco-tuco with a weight of 462 grams
- White-toothed tuco-tuco with a weight of 244 grams
- Tawny tuco-tuco with a weight of 280 grams
- Mendoza tuco-tuco with a weight of 179 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Furtive tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys occultus:
- Luzon striped rat bringing 152 grams to the scale
- Collared pika bringing 129 grams to the scale
- Common treeshrew bringing 132 grams to the scale
- Ricefield rat bringing 165 grams to the scale
- Knox Jones’s pocket gopher bringing 172 grams to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 151 grams to the scale
- Alpine pika bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-bellied spiny rat bringing 159 grams to the scale
- Indian hedgehog bringing 171 grams to the scale
- American pika bringing 158 grams to the scale