It is hard to guess what a Goya tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Goya tuco-tuco (Ctenomys perrensi) 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 21.3 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.
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:
- Tucuman tuco-tuco with a weight of 217 grams
- Pearson’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 212 grams
- Talas tuco-tuco with a weight of 141 grams
- Colburn’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Furtive tuco-tuco with a weight of 150 grams
- Maule tuco-tuco with a weight of 235 grams
- Reddish tuco-tuco with a weight of 173 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Social tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Azara’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 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 perrensi:
- Mexican gray squirrel bringing 456 grams to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum bringing 458 grams to the scale
- Tome’s spiny rat bringing 355 grams to the scale
- Azara’s tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Long-fingered triok bringing 370 grams to the scale
- Allegheny woodrat bringing 447 grams to the scale
- Volcano rabbit bringing 465 grams to the scale
- Weyland ringtail possum bringing 456 grams to the scale
- Sunda flying fox bringing 466 grams to the scale
- Eastern small-toothed rat bringing 357 grams to the scale