It is hard to guess what a Tawny tuco-tuco weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tawny tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fulvus) on average weights 280 grams (0.62 lbs).
The Tawny tuco-tuco is from the family Ctenomyidae (genus: Ctenomys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 16.7 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 tawny tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fulvus) is a species of burrowing rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in the desert regions of northern Chile and adjoining areas of Argentina.
Animals of the same family as a Tawny tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- Maule tuco-tuco with a weight of 235 grams
- Collared tuco-tuco with a weight of 210 grams
- Mottled tuco-tuco with a weight of 192 grams
- Tucuman tuco-tuco with a weight of 217 grams
- Steinbach’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 385 grams
- Emily’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 285 grams
- Magellanic tuco-tuco with a weight of 272 grams
- Goya tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Goya tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Talas tuco-tuco with a weight of 141 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Tawny tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys fulvus:
- Spiny Ceram rat bringing 306 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 314 grams to the scale
- Black-shouldered opossum bringing 258 grams to the scale
- Microcebus coquereli bringing 328 grams to the scale
- Red-cheeked rope squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale
- O’Connell’s spiny rat bringing 284 grams to the scale
- Dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel bringing 250 grams to the scale
- Shrew-faced squirrel bringing 230 grams to the scale
- Common marmoset bringing 291 grams to the scale
- Tome’s spiny rat bringing 285 grams to the scale