It is hard to guess what a Val’s gundi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Val’s gundi (Ctenodactylus vali) on average weights 174 grams (0.38 lbs).
The Val’s gundi is from the family Ctenodactylidae (genus: Ctenodactylus). It is usually born with about 18 grams (0.04 lbs). They can live for up to 5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 17.6 cm (0′ 7″). Usually, Val’s gundis have 2 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.
Val’s gundi (Ctenodactylus vali) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is known from two widely separated areas of North Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Val’s gundi
We found other animals of the Ctenodactylidae family:
- Mzab gundi with a weight of 194 grams
- Common gundi with a weight of 289 grams
- Felou gundi with a weight of 205 grams
- Speke’s pectinator with a weight of 169 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Val’s gundi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenodactylus vali:
- Lorentz’s mosaic-tailed rat bringing 150 grams to the scale
- New Britain naked-backed fruit bat bringing 179 grams to the scale
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel bringing 175 grams to the scale
- Perote ground squirrel bringing 140 grams to the scale
- Guam flying fox bringing 153 grams to the scale
- Smoky pocket gopher bringing 150 grams to the scale
- Mountain weasel bringing 180 grams to the scale
- Mohol bushbaby bringing 193 grams to the scale
- Large New Guinea spiny rat bringing 194 grams to the scale
- Holochilus chacarius bringing 204 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Val’s gundi
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Val’s gundi:
- Camas pocket gopher with a size of 19.9 cm (0′ 8″)
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Golden hamster with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Crest-tailed mulgara with a size of 17.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 15.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Luzon striped rat with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Kinabalu squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Busuanga squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat with a size of 19.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Royle’s pika with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Val’s gundi
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Val’s gundi:
- Banana climbing mouse
- Central African oyan
- Hoary bat
- Allegheny woodrat
- Southern pig-footed bandicoot
- Red panda
- Giant golden mole
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Andean mouse
- Common echymipera
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Val’s gundi
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Val’s gundi:
- Serotine bat with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Great Basin pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Botta’s pocket gopher with an average maximal age of 4.5 years
- Common planigale with an average maximal age of 4 years
- Lemur-like ringtail possum with an average maximal age of 4 years
- White-tailed antelope squirrel with an average maximal age of 5.75 years
- Sandhill dunnart with an average maximal age of 5 years
- Musky rat-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Woodland thicket rat with an average maximal age of 4.33 years
- Euphrates jerboa with an average maximal age of 4.17 years