It is hard to guess what a Northern viscacha weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) on average weights 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs).
The Northern viscacha is from the family Chinchillidae (genus: Lagidium). It is usually born with about 181 grams (0.4 lbs). They can live for up to 19.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.2 cm (1′ 2″). Usually, Northern viscachas 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 northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is known from Peru and Chile, at elevations from 300 to 5000 m, and may also be present in Bolivia.
Animals of the same family as a Northern viscacha
We found other animals of the Chinchillidae family:
- Plains viscacha bringing 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 480 grams
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 499 grams
- Southern viscacha bringing 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs) to the scale
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha bringing 2.68 kilos (5.91 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 500 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern viscacha
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lagidium peruanum:
- Black flying squirrel with a weight of 1.19 kilos (2.62 lbs)
- Philippine flying lemur with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Nasuella olivacea with a weight of 1.34 kilos (2.95 lbs)
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Coppery titi with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Emin’s pouched rat with a weight of 1.28 kilos (2.82 lbs)
- Potto with a weight of 1.08 kilos (2.38 lbs)
- Water opossum bringing 977 grams to the scale
- Large flying fox with a weight of 1.03 kilos (2.27 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Northern viscacha
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern viscacha:
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a size of 28 cm (1′ 0″)
- Hooded skunk with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Ring-tailed cat with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Collared titi with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Cape dune mole-rat with a size of 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a size of 37 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Three-striped night monkey with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Mimic tree rat with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern viscacha
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern viscacha:
- Fraternal myotis
- Pileated gibbon
- Dwarf sperm whale
- African brush-tailed porcupine
- Royal antelope
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
- Grant’s gazelle
- Mexican gray squirrel
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat
- Collared mangabey
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Northern viscacha
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Northern viscacha:
- Bechstein’s bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- White-faced saki with an average maximal age of 20.67 years
- Large Indian civet with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Red-necked wallaby with an average maximal age of 19 years
- Mountain gazelle with an average maximal age of 18.25 years
- Western barbastelle with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Small-toothed palm civet with an average maximal age of 15.83 years
- Big hairy armadillo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Red slender loris with an average maximal age of 16.33 years
- Black bearded saki with an average maximal age of 18 years