It is hard to guess what a African manatee weights. But we have the answer:
An adult African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) on average weights 454 kg (1000.9 lbs).
The African manatee is from the family Trichechidae (genus: Trichechus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.5 meter (11′ 6″). Usually, African manatees have 1 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 African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), also known as the West African manatee, is a species of manatee that is mostly herbivorous. African manatees inhabit much of the western region of Africa – from Senegal to Angola. Although not a great deal is known about this species, it is hypothesized that the African manatee is very similar to the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus).
Animals of the same family as a African manatee
We found other animals of the Trichechidae family:
- Amazonian manatee bringing 418 kilos (921.53 lbs) to the scale
- West Indian manatee bringing 467.16 kilos (1029.91 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a African manatee
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Trichechus senegalensis:
- Dromedary with a weight of 490.36 kilos (1081.06 lbs)
- Weddell seal with a weight of 400 kilos (881.85 lbs)
- Polar bear with a weight of 373.35 kilos (823.09 lbs)
- Steller sea lion with a weight of 383.23 kilos (844.88 lbs)
- Moose with a weight of 471.45 kilos (1039.37 lbs)
- Risso’s dolphin with a weight of 387.25 kilos (853.74 lbs)
- Horse with a weight of 401.8 kilos (885.82 lbs)
- Amazonian manatee with a weight of 418 kilos (921.53 lbs)
- Domestic yak with a weight of 500 kilos (1102.31 lbs)
- Pygmy sperm whale with a weight of 431.25 kilos (950.74 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a African manatee
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as African manatee:
- Northern giraffe with a size of 4.18 meter (13′ 9″)
- Common bottlenose dolphin with a size of 2.83 meter (9′ 4″)
- West Indian manatee with a size of 3.5 meter (11′ 6″)
- Leopard seal with a size of 3.05 meter (10′ 0″)
- Northern elephant seal with a size of 3.72 meter (12′ 3″)
- Black rhinoceros with a size of 2.85 meter (9′ 5″)
- Indian rhinoceros with a size of 3.74 meter (12′ 4″)
- American bison with a size of 2.85 meter (9′ 5″)
- Walrus with a size of 2.88 meter (9′ 6″)
- Javan rhinoceros with a size of 3.1 meter (10′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a African manatee
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a African manatee: