It is hard to guess what a Social tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Social tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis) on average weights 400 grams (0.88 lbs).
The Social tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.8 cm (0′ 10″).
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 social tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is endemic to Argentina.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Animals of the same family as a Social tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Salta tuco-tuco with a weight of 230 grams
- Talas tuco-tuco with a weight of 141 grams
- Tucuman tuco-tuco with a weight of 217 grams
- Silky tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Goya tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- White-toothed tuco-tuco with a weight of 244 grams
- Collared tuco-tuco with a weight of 210 grams
- Lewis’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 117 grams
- Goya tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Southern tuco-tuco with a weight of 403 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Social tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys sociabilis:
- Giant golden mole bringing 440 grams to the scale
- Bagobo rat bringing 395 grams to the scale
- Wied’s marmoset bringing 375 grams to the scale
- Allen’s woodrat bringing 368 grams to the scale
- Anderson’s four-eyed opossum bringing 324 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket gopher bringing 420 grams to the scale
- Brown-mantled tamarin bringing 393 grams to the scale
- Long-eared hedgehog bringing 332 grams to the scale
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat bringing 465 grams to the scale
- San Luis tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale