It is hard to guess what a Greater fairy armadillo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus retusus) on average weights 130 grams (0.29 lbs).
The Greater fairy armadillo is from the family Dasypodidae (genus: Chlamyphorus). They can live for up to 12 years. 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 greater fairy armadillo (Calyptophractus retusus), also known as Burmeister’s armadillo or the Chacoan fairy armadillo, is a species of armadillo in the family Chlamyphoridae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is the only species in the genus Calyptophractus.
Animals of the same family as a Greater fairy armadillo
We found other animals of the Dasypodidae family:
- Southern three-banded armadillo bringing 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs) to the scale
- Greater naked-tailed armadillo bringing 5.35 kilos (11.79 lbs) to the scale
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Big hairy armadillo bringing 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs) to the scale
- Greater long-nosed armadillo bringing 9.7 kilos (21.38 lbs) to the scale
- Hairy long-nosed armadillo bringing 4.44 kilos (9.79 lbs) to the scale
- Pink fairy armadillo with a weight of 86 grams
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 129 grams
- Southern long-nosed armadillo bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo bringing 3.74 kilos (8.25 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Greater fairy armadillo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chlamyphorus retusus:
- Indian gerbil bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed gerbil bringing 123 grams to the scale
- Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat bringing 108 grams to the scale
- Mountain degu bringing 154 grams to the scale
- Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Zanzibar bushbaby bringing 147 grams to the scale
- Black rat bringing 142 grams to the scale
- Southern African vlei rat bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Sloggett’s vlei rat bringing 106 grams to the scale
- Harpy fruit bat bringing 135 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Greater fairy armadillo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater fairy armadillo:
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 14.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Island tube-nosed fruit bat with a size of 13.4 cm (0′ 6″)
- Shaw Mayer’s water rat with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Tschudi’s slender opossum with a size of 13.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Pygmy mouse lemur with a size of 14.1 cm (0′ 6″)
- Desert kangaroo rat with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Silky anteater with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- Bower’s white-toothed rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- White-eared cotton rat with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater fairy armadillo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater fairy armadillo:
- Eastern bettong with an average maximal age of 11.75 years
- Speke’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 12.67 years
- Salt’s dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Squirrel glider with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Yellow-throated marten with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Black-backed jackal with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Side-striped jackal with an average maximal age of 11.42 years
- Grey rhebok with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years