It is hard to guess what a Speke’s pectinator weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Speke’s pectinator (Pectinator spekei) on average weights 169 grams (0.37 lbs).
The Speke’s pectinator is from the family Ctenodactylidae (genus: Pectinator). They can live for up to 10 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 88.6 cm (2′ 11″). Usually, Speke’s pectinators 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.
Speke’s pectinator (Pectinator spekei) or Speke’s gundi, is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pectinator. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and rocky areas.
Animals of the same family as a Speke’s pectinator
We found other animals of the Ctenodactylidae family:
- Felou gundi with a weight of 205 grams
- Common gundi with a weight of 289 grams
- Val’s gundi with a weight of 174 grams
- Mzab gundi with a weight of 194 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Speke’s pectinator
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pectinator spekei:
- Black rat bringing 142 grams to the scale
- Ethiopian narrow-headed rat bringing 144 grams to the scale
- Sanborn’s squirrel bringing 136 grams to the scale
- Hairless bat bringing 169 grams to the scale
- Spectral tarsier bringing 166 grams to the scale
- Long-footed treeshrew bringing 168 grams to the scale
- Waterhouse’s swamp rat bringing 146 grams to the scale
- Zanzibar bushbaby bringing 148 grams to the scale
- Bryant’s woodrat bringing 182 grams to the scale
- Solomon’s naked-backed fruit bat bringing 152 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Speke’s pectinator
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Speke’s pectinator:
- Markhor
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat
- Fallow deer
- Short-eared possum
- Small flying fox
- Microcebus coquereli
- Ringed seal
- Mahogany glider
- Guatemalan deer mouse
- Patagonian mara
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Speke’s pectinator
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Speke’s pectinator:
- Weasel sportive lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- African clawless otter with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Coypu with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Javan mongoose with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Black-tailed prairie dog with an average maximal age of 8.5 years
- European hare with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Cape fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Rock cavy with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with an average maximal age of 10.5 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years