How big does a Ground pangolin get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Ground pangolin (Manis temminckii) reaches an average size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 11.92 kg (26.28 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 345 grams (0.76 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Ground pangolins have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Ground pangolin (genus: Manis) is a member of the family Manidae.
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 ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck’s pangolin or Cape pangolin, is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. As a group, pangolins are among the most critically endangered animals in the world.
Animals of the same family as a Ground pangolin
We found other animals of the Manidae family:
- Chinese pangolin with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Tree pangolin with 1 babies per litter
- Indian pangolin with a size of 54.3 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sunda pangolin with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- Long-tailed pangolin with 1 babies per litter
- Giant pangolin bringing 33 kilos (72.75 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Ground pangolin
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ground pangolin:
- Hispid hare with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Southern tamandua with a size of 56.1 cm (1′ 11″)
- Northern olingo with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Red-handed howler with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- Natal red rock hare with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Brazilian porcupine with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Ruddy mongoose with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Crab-eating macaque with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a size of 50.8 cm (1′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ground pangolin
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ground pangolin:
- Ocelot
- Darling’s horseshoe bat
- Grey rhebok
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
- Sangihe tarsier
- Daubenton’s bat
- Phayre’s leaf monkey
- Barbary sheep
- Thumbless bat
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat
Animals with the same weight as a Ground pangolin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Manis temminckii:
- Indian crested porcupine with a weight of 14.3 kilos (31.53 lbs)
- Marine otter with a weight of 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs)
- Tonkean macaque with a weight of 10.07 kilos (22.2 lbs)
- Capped langur with a weight of 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs)
- Drill (animal) with a weight of 14.23 kilos (31.37 lbs)
- Steenbok with a weight of 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 13.46 kilos (29.67 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 12.3 kilos (27.12 lbs)
- Black-shanked douc with a weight of 10.33 kilos (22.77 lbs)
- Water chevrotain with a weight of 10.83 kilos (23.88 lbs)