It is hard to guess what a Greater guinea pig weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater guinea pig (Cavia magna) on average weights 460 grams (1.01 lbs).
The Greater guinea pig is from the family Caviidae (genus: Cavia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 89 cm (3′ 0″). Normally, Greater guinea pigs can have babies 5 times a year.
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 guinea pig (Cavia magna) is a species of rodent found in the coastal strip of Brazil and Uruguay, where it lives in moist grassland and marshes.
Animals of the same family as a Greater guinea pig
We found other animals of the Caviidae family:
- Chacoan mara bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Shiny guinea pig with a weight of 283 grams
- Common yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 387 grams
- Lesser capybara bringing 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs) to the scale
- Rock cavy with a weight of 800 grams
- Guinea pig with a weight of 728 grams
- Brazilian guinea pig with a weight of 524 grams
- Montane guinea pig bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Capybara bringing 48.14 kilos (106.13 lbs) to the scale
- Patagonian mara bringing 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Greater guinea pig
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cavia magna:
- Bolivian tuco-tuco bringing 462 grams to the scale
- Michoacan pocket gopher bringing 474 grams to the scale
- Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat bringing 445 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Oaxacan pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Mauritian flying fox bringing 473 grams to the scale
- Hispid pocket gopher bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Sulawesi flying fox bringing 383 grams to the scale
- Goya tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Silvery marmoset bringing 376 grams to the scale