It is hard to guess what a Green acouchi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) on average weights 966 grams (2.13 lbs).
The Green acouchi is from the family Dasyproctidae (genus: Myoprocta). It is usually born with about 79 grams (0.17 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 10.9 cm (0′ 5″). Usually, Green acouchis have 1 babies per litter.
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 green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) is a species of rodent in the acouchi genus, part of the family Dasyproctidae, from South America. Its distribution is in western Amazonia, west of the Rios Negro and Madeira, in northwestern Brazil, northeastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, and southern Venezuela. There is substantial variation within this range, and the Green Acouchi, as currently recognized, may contain more than one species. Because the application of the scientific name acouchy, currently in use for the Red Acouchi, has historically been disputed, the name Myoprocta acouchy has sometimes been used for this species instead of Myoprocta pratti. The species is named for Antwerp Edgar Pratt who was a British naturalist.
Animals of the same family as a Green acouchi
We found other animals of the Dasyproctidae family:
- Crested agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Central American agouti bringing 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs) to the scale
- Kalinowski’s agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Red-rumped agouti bringing 3.02 kilos (6.66 lbs) to the scale
- Azara’s agouti bringing 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs) to the scale
- Black agouti bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Red acouchi with a weight of 949 grams
- Black-rumped agouti bringing 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs) to the scale
- Orinoco agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican agouti bringing 5 kilos (11.02 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Green acouchi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myoprocta pratti:
- Chinese ferret-badger bringing 939 grams to the scale
- Azara’s night monkey bringing 929 grams to the scale
- Poncelet’s giant rat with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Hispaniolan solenodon bringing 893 grams to the scale
- Brown titi bringing 851 grams to the scale
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk bringing 960 grams to the scale
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs)
- Western woolly lemur bringing 828 grams to the scale
- Common opossum with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Green acouchi
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Green acouchi: