It is hard to guess what a Goya tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Goya tuco-tuco (Ctenomys perrensis) on average weights 400 grams (0.88 lbs).
The Goya 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 Goya tuco-tuco (Ctenomys perrensi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Goya tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Conover’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 860 grams
- Peruvian tuco-tuco with a weight of 489 grams
- Mottled tuco-tuco with a weight of 192 grams
- Chacoan tuco-tuco with a weight of 166 grams
- Tiny tuco-tuco with a weight of 92 grams
- Social tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Strong tuco-tuco with a weight of 233 grams
- San Luis tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Tawny tuco-tuco with a weight of 280 grams
- Furtive tuco-tuco with a weight of 150 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Goya tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys perrensis:
- Pied tamarin bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Wied’s marmoset bringing 375 grams to the scale
- Azara’s tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Greater guinea pig bringing 460 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed giant rat bringing 349 grams to the scale
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat bringing 398 grams to the scale
- Montane bamboo rat bringing 382 grams to the scale
- Ornate flying fox bringing 335 grams to the scale
- Greater dwarf lemur bringing 447 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket gopher bringing 420 grams to the scale