It is hard to guess what a Red-rumped agouti weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) on average weights 3.02 kg (6.65 lbs).
The Red-rumped agouti is from the family Dasyproctidae (genus: Dasyprocta). They can live for up to 17.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 57.4 cm (1′ 11″). Usually, Red-rumped agoutis 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-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. It is native to northeastern South America, where found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northeastern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago and Lesser Antilles. It has also been introduced to the Virgin Islands. Despite the alternative name Brazilian agouti, it is neither the only nor the most widespread species of agouti in Brazil. In Brazil all agoutis are often called “cutia” [kuˈtʃiɐ].It is found in a wide range of forests, including rainforest and secondary forest.
Animals of the same family as a Red-rumped agouti
We found other animals of the Dasyproctidae family:
- Red acouchi with a weight of 949 grams
- Red acouchi bringing 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs) to the scale
- Black-rumped agouti bringing 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs) to the scale
- Kalinowski’s agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs) to the scale
- Azara’s agouti bringing 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs) to the scale
- Crested agouti bringing 2.65 kilos (5.84 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
- Black agouti bringing 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs) to the scale
- Central American agouti bringing 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red-rumped agouti
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dasyprocta leporina:
- Palawan stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Azara’s agouti with a weight of 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs)
- Small Indian civet with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Wolf’s mona monkey with a weight of 3.26 kilos (7.19 lbs)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a weight of 3.61 kilos (7.96 lbs)
- Kaapori capuchin with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax with a weight of 3.18 kilos (7.01 lbs)
- Black-footed mongoose with a weight of 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs)
- Pallas’s cat with a weight of 3.05 kilos (6.72 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Red-rumped agouti
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red-rumped agouti:
- Pig-tailed langur with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Red-flanked duiker with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Kloss’s gibbon with a size of 51.2 cm (1′ 9″)
- Moor macaque with a size of 66 cm (2′ 2″)
- Java mouse-deer with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Pampas fox with a size of 62.2 cm (2′ 1″)
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Red-rumped agouti
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red-rumped agouti:
- Townsend’s mole
- Blue duiker
- Little collared fruit bat
- Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat
- Mountain nyala
- Lemur-like ringtail possum
- Guatemalan black howler
- Hector’s dolphin
- Kolan vole
- Sea otter
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Red-rumped agouti
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Red-rumped agouti:
- Koala with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Lesser mouse-eared bat with an average maximal age of 19.75 years
- Red slender loris with an average maximal age of 16.33 years
- Sable with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Wolverine with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Gray-bellied night monkey with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Nubian ibex with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Red hartebeest with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Brown hyena with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Wild boar with an average maximal age of 21 years