How big does a Steinbach’s tuco-tuco get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Steinbach’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys steinbachi) reaches an average size of 19.6 cm (0′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 385 grams (0.85 lbs). The Steinbach’s tuco-tuco (genus: Ctenomys) is a member of the family Ctenomyidae.
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.
Steinbach’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys steinbachi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Bolivia. The species is named after zoological collector Dr. José Steinbach (1856–1929).
Animals of the same family as a Steinbach’s tuco-tuco
We found other animals of the Ctenomyidae family:
- White-toothed tuco-tuco with a weight of 244 grams
- Tiny tuco-tuco with a size of 15.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Furtive tuco-tuco with a weight of 150 grams
- Natterer’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Haig’s tuco-tuco with a size of 17.3 cm (0′ 7″)
- Strong tuco-tuco with a weight of 233 grams
- Colburn’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Mendoza tuco-tuco with a weight of 179 grams
- San Luis tuco-tuco with a weight of 400 grams
- Porteous’s tuco-tuco with a weight of 192 grams
Animals with the same size as a Steinbach’s tuco-tuco
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Steinbach’s tuco-tuco:
- Indian hedgehog with a size of 18 cm (0′ 8″)
- Biak naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 16.4 cm (0′ 7″)
- Red squirrel with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Komodo rat with a size of 16.9 cm (0′ 7″)
- Large-eared pika with a size of 17.8 cm (0′ 8″)
- Townsend’s pocket gopher with a size of 18.4 cm (0′ 8″)
- Maxomys baeodon with a size of 16.7 cm (0′ 7″)
- Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur with a size of 23.1 cm (0′ 10″)
- Crest-tailed mulgara with a size of 17.5 cm (0′ 7″)
- Brandt’s hedgehog with a size of 20.7 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same weight as a Steinbach’s tuco-tuco
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ctenomys steinbachi:
- Peruvian tree-rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- Japen rat bringing 380 grams to the scale
- Brazilian spiny tree-rat bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Silvery marmoset bringing 376 grams to the scale
- Giant golden mole bringing 440 grams to the scale
- Black-headed marmoset bringing 401 grams to the scale
- European ground squirrel bringing 396 grams to the scale
- Lesser bilby bringing 364 grams to the scale
- White-winged flying fox bringing 343 grams to the scale
- Hammer-headed bat bringing 336 grams to the scale