It is hard to guess what a White-faced spiny tree-rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-faced spiny tree-rat (Echimys chrysurus) on average weights 610 grams (1.34 lbs).
The White-faced spiny tree-rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Echimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 29.7 cm (1′ 0″). Usually, White-faced spiny tree-rats 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.
The white-faced spiny tree-rat, Echimys chrysurus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname.The etymology of the species name derives from the two ancient greek words χρυσός (khrusós), gold, and οὐρά (ourá), animal tail.The main diagnostic character state of this Echimys species is the presence of a dorsal white median stripe on the head. As compared to Echimys vieirai and Echimys saturnus, E. chrysurus also possesses a brighter dorsum.
Animals of the same family as a White-faced spiny tree-rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Steere’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Guaira spiny rat with a weight of 349 grams
- Hairy Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Sucre spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Simons’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Goeldi’s spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat with a weight of 108 grams
- Amazon bamboo rat with a weight of 650 grams
- Peruvian tree-rat with a weight of 315 grams
- Long-tailed spiny rat with a weight of 205 grams
Animals with the same weight as a White-faced spiny tree-rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Echimys chrysurus:
- Lutrine opossum bringing 556 grams to the scale
- Broad-faced potoroo bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Baja California rock squirrel bringing 551 grams to the scale
- Eastern gray squirrel bringing 546 grams to the scale
- Brumback’s night monkey bringing 603 grams to the scale
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat bringing 502 grams to the scale
- Golden lion tamarin bringing 593 grams to the scale
- Variable pocket gopher bringing 615 grams to the scale
- Siberian weasel bringing 531 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla bringing 500 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a White-faced spiny tree-rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as White-faced spiny tree-rat:
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Common kusimanse with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Livingstone’s fruit bat with a size of 34 cm (1′ 2″)
- Koslov’s pika with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Chinese red pika with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Pichi with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Striped polecat with a size of 33.5 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a White-faced spiny tree-rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a White-faced spiny tree-rat: