It is hard to guess what a Red acouchi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red acouchi (Myoprocta acouchy) on average weights 949 grams (2.09 lbs).
The Red acouchi is from the family Dasyproctidae (genus: Myoprocta). It is usually born with about 76 grams (0.17 lbs). They can live for up to 10 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 36.3 cm (1′ 3″). Usually, Red 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 red acouchi, Myoprocta acouchy, is a species of rodent in the acouchi genus, part of the family Dasyproctidae, from South America. It is found in the Guyanan subregion of the Amazon biome, including Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil, east of the Rio Branco and mainly north of the Amazon, with a few records from south of the Amazon. In the past, some authors have applied the name M. acouchy to the green acouchi instead and used M. exilis for the red acouchi, but this is now obsolete.It not only hoards seeds, but also chews off the protruding sprouts to prevent germination.
Animals of the same family as a Red acouchi
We found other animals of the Dasyproctidae family:
- Orinoco agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Crested agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican agouti bringing 5 kilos (11.02 lbs) to the scale
- Kalinowski’s agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Red acouchi bringing 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs) to the scale
- Green acouchi with a weight of 966 grams
- Central American agouti bringing 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs) to the scale
- Black agouti bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Azara’s agouti bringing 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs) to the scale
- Red-rumped agouti bringing 3.02 kilos (6.66 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red acouchi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Myoprocta acouchy:
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Japanese marten with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Southern brown bandicoot bringing 825 grams to the scale
- Desert cottontail bringing 882 grams to the scale
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk bringing 960 grams to the scale
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Sunda slow loris bringing 940 grams to the scale
- Travancore flying squirrel bringing 794 grams to the scale
- Big-eared opossum with a weight of 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs)
- Yellow ground squirrel bringing 779 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Red acouchi
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red acouchi:
- Atlantic titi with a size of 36.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Eastern common cuscus with a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Siberian weasel with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- African brush-tailed porcupine with a size of 43.1 cm (1′ 5″)
- Woodlark cuscus with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Tufted capuchin with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat with a size of 37.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black giant squirrel with a size of 31.9 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Red acouchi
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red acouchi:
- Straw-coloured fruit bat
- Hildegarde’s tomb bat
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby
- Domestic yak
- Common spotted cuscus
- Japanese macaque
- Microcebus coquereli
- Bahamian hutia
- California sea lion
- Frosted sac-winged bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Red acouchi
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Red acouchi:
- Plains viscacha with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Edible dormouse with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Red-necked pademelon with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Central American agouti with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Chacoan peccary with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Whiskered bat with an average maximal age of 9.25 years
- Rock cavy with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Northern tamandua with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Desmarest’s hutia with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- Jungle cat with an average maximal age of 12 years