It is hard to guess what a Montane guinea pig weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii) on average weights 1000 grams (2.2 lbs).
The Montane guinea pig is from the family Caviidae (genus: Cavia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 89 cm (3′ 0″). On average, Montane guinea pigs can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii) is a species of caviid rodent found in the Andes in South America. The montane guinea pig is the likely ancestor of Cavia porcellus, the domestic cavy or domestic guinea pig.
Animals of the same family as a Montane guinea pig
We found other animals of the Caviidae family:
- Patagonian mara bringing 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs) to the scale
- Lesser capybara bringing 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs) to the scale
- Common yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 387 grams
- Capybara bringing 48.14 kilos (106.13 lbs) to the scale
- Shipton’s mountain cavy with a weight of 185 grams
- Rock cavy with a weight of 800 grams
- Shiny guinea pig with a weight of 283 grams
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 450 grams
- Greater guinea pig with a weight of 460 grams
- Guinea pig with a weight of 728 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Montane guinea pig
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cavia tschudii:
- Hershkovitz’s titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Screaming hairy armadillo bringing 930 grams to the scale
- New England cottontail bringing 814 grams to the scale
- Milne-Edwards’ sportive lemur bringing 822 grams to the scale
- Malagasy giant rat with a weight of 1.18 kilos (2.6 lbs)
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Cape dune mole-rat bringing 804 grams to the scale
- Bronze quoll bringing 896 grams to the scale
- Red-bellied titi bringing 962 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Montane guinea pig
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Montane guinea pig: