It is hard to guess what a Strong tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Strong tuco-tuco (Ctenomys validus) on average weights 233 grams (0.51 lbs).
The Strong tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 18.7 cm (0′ 8″).
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 strong tuco-tuco (Ctenomys validus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Strong tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Maule tuco-tuco with a weight of 235 grams
- Colburn’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Goya tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Emily’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 285 grams
- Highland tuco-tuco with a weight of 327 grams
- Furtive tuco-tuco with a weight of 150 grams
- White-toothed tuco-tuco with a weight of 244 grams
- Argentine tuco-tuco with a weight of 221 grams
- Steinbach’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 385 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Strong tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys validus:
- Speckled ground squirrel bringing 252 grams to the scale
- Fijian monkey-faced bat bringing 256 grams to the scale
- White-tailed olalla rat bringing 274 grams to the scale
- Chinese zokor bringing 256 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat bringing 215 grams to the scale
- Broad-headed spiny rat bringing 201 grams to the scale
- Ontong Java flying fox bringing 232 grams to the scale
- Nelson’s woodrat bringing 198 grams to the scale
- Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat bringing 224 grams to the scale
- Townsend’s ground squirrel bringing 207 grams to the scale