It is hard to guess what a Southern tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern tuco-tuco (Ctenomys australis) on average weights 403 grams (0.89 lbs).
The Southern tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 17.6 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 southern tuco-tuco (Ctenomys australis) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Southern tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Azara’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Bonetto’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 202 grams
- Argentine tuco-tuco with a weight of 221 grams
- Tiny tuco-tuco with a weight of 92 grams
- Steinbach’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 385 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Haig’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 164 grams
- Conover’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 860 grams
- Collared tuco-tuco with a weight of 210 grams
- Peruvian tuco-tuco with a weight of 489 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys australis:
- Sulawesi giant rat bringing 325 grams to the scale
- Borneo black-banded squirrel bringing 324 grams to the scale
- Red-legged sun squirrel bringing 333 grams to the scale
- Bunker’s woodrat bringing 375 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket gopher bringing 420 grams to the scale
- Greater guinea pig bringing 460 grams to the scale
- Bougainville naked-tailed rat bringing 397 grams to the scale
- Southern African hedgehog bringing 337 grams to the scale
- Pygmy slow loris bringing 343 grams to the scale
- Maués marmoset bringing 443 grams to the scale