It is hard to guess what a Thick-spined porcupine weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) on average weights 4.59 kg (10.11 lbs).
The Thick-spined porcupine is from the family Hystricidae (genus: Hystrix). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54.2 cm (1′ 10″).
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 thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Animals of the same family as a Thick-spined porcupine
We found other animals of the Hystricidae family:
- Long-tailed porcupine bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Crested porcupine bringing 13.4 kilos (29.54 lbs) to the scale
- Philippine porcupine bringing 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs) to the scale
- Indian crested porcupine bringing 14.3 kilos (31.53 lbs) to the scale
- African brush-tailed porcupine bringing 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs) to the scale
- Malayan porcupine bringing 8 kilos (17.64 lbs) to the scale
- Cape porcupine bringing 14.92 kilos (32.89 lbs) to the scale
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Thick-spined porcupine
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hystrix crassispinis:
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs)
- Blue monkey with a weight of 5.04 kilos (11.11 lbs)
- Parma wallaby with a weight of 4.16 kilos (9.17 lbs)
- Plains viscacha with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Red fox with a weight of 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs)
- Red ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.87 kilos (8.53 lbs)
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Thick-spined porcupine
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Thick-spined porcupine:
- Antelope jackrabbit with a size of 54.6 cm (1′ 10″)
- Southern muriqui with a size of 57.8 cm (1′ 11″)
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 60.4 cm (2′ 0″)
- Pale-throated sloth with a size of 54.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Maroon leaf monkey with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Barbary macaque with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Scrub hare with a size of 49.5 cm (1′ 8″)