It is hard to guess what a Shipton’s mountain cavy weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Shipton’s mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) on average weights 185 grams (0.41 lbs).
The Shipton’s mountain cavy is from the family Caviidae (genus: Microcavia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 20 cm (0′ 8″). On average, Shipton’s mountain cavys can have babies 5 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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.
Shipton’s mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Shipton’s mountain cavy
We found other animals of the Caviidae family:
- Greater guinea pig with a weight of 460 grams
- Common yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 387 grams
- Brazilian guinea pig with a weight of 524 grams
- Guinea pig with a weight of 728 grams
- Rock cavy with a weight of 800 grams
- Patagonian mara bringing 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan mara bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Lesser capybara bringing 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs) to the scale
- Capybara bringing 48.14 kilos (106.13 lbs) to the scale
- Montane guinea pig bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Shipton’s mountain cavy
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Microcavia shiptoni:
- Large New Guinea spiny rat bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Pygmy ringtail possum bringing 152 grams to the scale
- White-bellied nesomys bringing 214 grams to the scale
- Collared tuco-tuco bringing 210 grams to the scale
- Small sun squirrel bringing 174 grams to the scale
- Perny’s long-nosed squirrel bringing 199 grams to the scale
- American red squirrel bringing 200 grams to the scale
- Brandt’s hedgehog bringing 213 grams to the scale
- Pale field rat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Mountain treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Shipton’s mountain cavy
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Shipton’s mountain cavy: