It is hard to guess what a Screaming hairy armadillo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) on average weights 930 grams (2.05 lbs).
The Screaming hairy armadillo is from the family Dasypodidae (genus: Chaetophractus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.2 cm (0′ 7″).
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 screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a species of armadillo also known as the small screaming armadillo, crying armadillo or the small hairy armadillo. It is a burrowing armadillo found in the central and southern parts of South America. The adjective “screaming” derives from its habit of squealing when handled.
Animals of the same family as a Screaming hairy armadillo
We found other animals of the Dasypodidae family:
- Pichi bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo bringing 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs) to the scale
- Seven-banded armadillo bringing 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Pink fairy armadillo with a weight of 86 grams
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 130 grams
- Six-banded armadillo bringing 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs) to the scale
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo bringing 3.74 kilos (8.25 lbs) to the scale
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo bringing 1.15 kilos (2.54 lbs) to the scale
- Big hairy armadillo bringing 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Screaming hairy armadillo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chaetophractus vellerosus:
- Southern brown bandicoot bringing 825 grams to the scale
- Azara’s night monkey bringing 929 grams to the scale
- Chinese ferret-badger bringing 939 grams to the scale
- Hispaniolan solenodon bringing 893 grams to the scale
- Peruvian night monkey bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum bringing 765 grams to the scale
- New England cottontail bringing 814 grams to the scale
- Hooded skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- European polecat bringing 980 grams to the scale