It is hard to guess what a Culpeo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) on average weights 8.62 kg (19 lbs).
The Culpeo is from the family Canidae (genus: Lycalopex). It is usually born with about 167 grams (0.37 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 72 cm (2′ 5″). Usually, Culpeos have 4 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 culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the zorro culpeo, Andean zorro or Andean fox, is a South American fox species. It is the second-largest native canid on the continent, after the maned wolf. In appearance, it bears many similarities to the widely recognized red fox. It has grey and reddish fur, a white chin, reddish legs and a stripe on its back that may be barely visible.The culpeo’s diet consists largely of rodents, rabbits, birds and lizards, and to a lesser extent, plant material and carrion. The culpeo does attack sheep on occasion and is therefore often hunted or poisoned. In some regions, it has become rare, but overall the species is not threatened with extinction.The culpeo was domesticated to form the Fuegian dog, but this animal became extinct some time between 1880 and 1919.
Animals of the same family as a Culpeo
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Kit fox bringing 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs) to the scale
- Crab-eating fox bringing 5.74 kilos (12.65 lbs) to the scale
- Sechuran fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Hoary fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- African wild dog bringing 22 kilos (48.5 lbs) to the scale
- Swift fox bringing 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs) to the scale
- Gray fox bringing 3.83 kilos (8.44 lbs) to the scale
- Cape fox bringing 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian wolf bringing 14.38 kilos (31.7 lbs) to the scale
- Rüppell’s fox bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Culpeo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lycalopex culpaeus:
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs)
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Tana River mangabey with a weight of 7.08 kilos (15.61 lbs)
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 8.98 kilos (19.8 lbs)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a weight of 8.56 kilos (18.87 lbs)
- Tasmanian devil with a weight of 8.2 kilos (18.08 lbs)
- Jungle cat with a weight of 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs)
- East Javan langur with a weight of 9.72 kilos (21.43 lbs)
- Patas monkey with a weight of 7.99 kilos (17.61 lbs)
- King colobus with a weight of 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Culpeo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Culpeo:
- Neotropical otter with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Chinese mountain cat with a size of 78.6 cm (2′ 7″)
- Brown dorcopsis with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- African clawless otter with a size of 80.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Ocelot with a size of 74.6 cm (2′ 6″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Siamang with a size of 82.4 cm (2′ 9″)
- Drill (animal) with a size of 70 cm (2′ 4″)
- Jungle cat with a size of 70.6 cm (2′ 4″)
- Assam macaque with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Culpeo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Culpeo: