It is hard to guess what a Southern viscacha weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) on average weights 1.54 kg (3.4 lbs).
The Southern viscacha is from the family Chinchillidae (genus: Lagidium). It is usually born with about 259 grams (0.57 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.2 cm (1′ 2″). Usually, Southern viscachas have 1 babies per litter.
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 viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) is a species of viscacha, a rodent in the family Chinchillidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It is a colonial animal living in small groups in rocky mountain areas. It has long ears and hind legs and resembles a rabbit in appearance apart from its long, bushy tail, but is not a lagomorph.
Animals of the same family as a Southern viscacha
We found other animals of the Chinchillidae family:
- Northern viscacha bringing 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs) to the scale
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha bringing 2.68 kilos (5.91 lbs) to the scale
- Plains viscacha bringing 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 499 grams
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 500 grams
- Long-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 480 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Southern viscacha
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lagidium viscacia:
- European rabbit with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Eastern lowland olingo with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Black giant squirrel with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Nabarlek with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Hainan hare with a weight of 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs)
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur with a weight of 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs)
- Abyssinian genet with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern viscacha
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern viscacha: