It is hard to guess what a Pink fairy armadillo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) on average weights 86 grams (0.19 lbs).
The Pink fairy armadillo is from the family Dasypodidae (genus: Chlamyphorus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 13.5 cm (0′ 6″).
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 pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo (mammals of the families Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae, recognized by a bony armor shell), first described by Richard Harlan in 1825. This solitary, desert-adapted animal is endemic to central Argentina and can be found inhabiting sandy plains, dunes, and scrubby grasslands.Pink fairy armadillos have small eyes, silky yellowish white fur, and a flexible dorsal shell that is solely attached to its body by a thin dorsal membrane. In addition, its spatula-shaped tail protrudes from a vertical plate at the blunt rear of its shell. This creature exhibits nocturnal and solitary habits and has a diet that is mainly composed of insects, worms, snails, and various plant parts.The conservation status for pink fairy armadillo is still uncertain, and it is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The decline in population for this species has generally been attributed to farming activities and predators including domestic dogs and cats. Pink fairy armadillos are found less commonly than they were a few decades ago, and the field sightings have been rare and incidental. Individuals that have been caught in the wild had a tendency to die during or a couple days after they were transported from their natural habitat to captive facilities. There is a sole record for the longevity of a pink fairy armadillo that was held in captivity more than 4 years; however, that particular case lacks proper scientific description and thus cannot be considered fully valid.Armadillos’ evolutionary distinctiveness, combined with their restricted geographic range, ongoing threats, and rarity makes the urgent conservation attention extremely important for these species.
Animals of the same family as a Pink fairy armadillo
We found other animals of the Dasypodidae family:
- Hairy long-nosed armadillo bringing 4.44 kilos (9.79 lbs) to the scale
- Greater naked-tailed armadillo bringing 5.35 kilos (11.79 lbs) to the scale
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo bringing 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs) to the scale
- Nine-banded armadillo bringing 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs) to the scale
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 130 grams
- Seven-banded armadillo bringing 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs) to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 129 grams
- Six-banded armadillo bringing 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Pink fairy armadillo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chlamyphorus truncatus:
- European mole bringing 86 grams to the scale
- Montane Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Blind mole bringing 70 grams to the scale
- Greater musky fruit bat bringing 79 grams to the scale
- Greater spear-nosed bat bringing 91 grams to the scale
- Ash-colored Oldfield mouse bringing 77 grams to the scale
- Miller’s mastiff bat bringing 98 grams to the scale
- Green bush squirrel bringing 100 grams to the scale
- Oecomys flavicans bringing 73 grams to the scale
- Highveld gerbil bringing 89 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Pink fairy armadillo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pink fairy armadillo:
- Desert kangaroo rat with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Pteropus gilliardi with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Bushveld elephant shrew with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Townsend’s vole with a size of 13.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Big-eared kangaroo rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dusky field rat with a size of 15.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)
- White-toothed brush mouse with a size of 11.5 cm (0′ 5″)
- Little woolly mouse opossum with a size of 13.7 cm (0′ 6″)
- Buller’s chipmunk with a size of 13.6 cm (0′ 6″)