It is hard to guess what a Shiny guinea pig weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) on average weights 283 grams (0.62 lbs).
The Shiny guinea pig is from the family Caviidae (genus: Cavia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 89 cm (3′ 0″). On average, Shiny guinea pigs can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida) is a guinea pig species of southeastern South America.The rodent is endemic to Brazil and Argentina. It is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions.
Animals of the same family as a Shiny guinea pig
We found other animals of the Caviidae family:
- Montane guinea pig bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Lesser capybara bringing 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan mara bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Southern mountain cavy with a weight of 261 grams
- Guinea pig with a weight of 728 grams
- Andean mountain cavy with a weight of 255 grams
- Spix’s yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 361 grams
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 450 grams
- Brazilian guinea pig with a weight of 524 grams
- Shipton’s mountain cavy with a weight of 185 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Shiny guinea pig
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cavia fulgida:
- Chiapan climbing rat bringing 280 grams to the scale
- Armored rat bringing 281 grams to the scale
- Bushy-tailed woodrat bringing 286 grams to the scale
- Carruther’s mountain squirrel bringing 277 grams to the scale
- Barbary ground squirrel bringing 251 grams to the scale
- Shrew-faced squirrel bringing 230 grams to the scale
- Napo spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale
- Magdalena spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Colombian spiny rat bringing 312 grams to the scale
- Vogelkop ringtail possum bringing 255 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Shiny guinea pig
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Shiny guinea pig: