How big does a Jamaican coney get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii) reaches an average size of 37.8 cm (1′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 8.25 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Jamaican coneys have 2 babies about 2 times per year. The Jamaican coney (genus: Geocapromys) is a member of the family Capromyidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), also known as the Jamaican hutia and the Browns hutia, is a terrestrial land mammal found in the rocky, forested areas of Jamaica, and is endemic to the Island. It is in the order Rodentia and the family Capromyidae.It is related to the hutias and more distantly to guinea pigs. It is the only extant native land mammal on Jamaica besides bats.
Animals of the same family as a Jamaican coney
We found other animals of the Capromyidae family:
- Bahamian hutia with a size of 39.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Desmarest’s hutia with 2 babies per litter
- Hispaniolan hutia with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Black-tailed hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Dwarf hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Prehensile-tailed hutia with 1 babies per litter
- Eared hutia with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Jamaican coney
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Jamaican coney:
- Long-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Marsh rabbit with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black capuchin with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Mongoose lemur with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Malayan weasel with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- European mink with a size of 36.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Black flying squirrel with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Black bearded saki with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Jamaican coney
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Jamaican coney:
- Central African oyan
- Eastern barred bandicoot
- True’s shrew mole
- Java pipistrelle
- Natal multimammate mouse
- Menzbier’s marmot
- Wilson’s spiny mouse
- Volcano rabbit
- Yellow mongoose
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Jamaican coney
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Jamaican coney:
- Pichi with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Greater musky fruit bat with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Indian gerbil with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Congo rope squirrel with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Siberian weasel with an average maximal age of 8.83 years
- Edible dormouse with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Pacarana with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Long-tailed weasel with an average maximal age of 7.08 years
- Hispaniolan hutia with an average maximal age of 9.83 years
- Common degu with an average maximal age of 7.08 years
Animals with the same weight as a Jamaican coney
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Geocapromys brownii:
- Tufted ground squirrel with a weight of 1.35 kilos (2.98 lbs)
- African savanna hare with a weight of 1.76 kilos (3.88 lbs)
- Rufous hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.41 kilos (3.11 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Rothschild’s cuscus with a weight of 1.37 kilos (3.02 lbs)
- Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs)
- Hainan hare with a weight of 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs)
- Philippine flying lemur with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Sumatran striped rabbit with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)