It is hard to guess what a Wolffsohn’s viscacha weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Wolffsohn’s viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni) on average weights 2.68 kg (5.91 lbs).
The Wolffsohn’s viscacha is from the family Chinchillidae (genus: Lagidium). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 34.2 cm (1′ 2″).
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.
Wolffsohn’s viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni) is a rare species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae. This species occurs in southwestern Argentina and adjacent Chile.
Animals of the same family as a Wolffsohn’s viscacha
We found other animals of the Chinchillidae family:
- Northern viscacha bringing 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs) to the scale
- Southern viscacha bringing 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 500 grams
- Plains viscacha bringing 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs) to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 499 grams
- Long-tailed chinchilla with a weight of 480 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Wolffsohn’s viscacha
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lagidium wolffsohni:
- Meller’s mongoose with a weight of 2.24 kilos (4.94 lbs)
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Granada hare with a weight of 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs)
- Black bearded saki with a weight of 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs)
- Woolly hare with a weight of 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs)
- Kodkod with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax with a weight of 3.18 kilos (7.01 lbs)
- Bates’s pygmy antelope with a weight of 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs)
- Cape fox with a weight of 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs)
- Scrub hare with a weight of 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs)