It is hard to guess what a Amazonian manatee weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) on average weights 418 kg (921.53 lbs).
The Amazonian manatee is from the family Trichechidae (genus: Trichechus). They can live for up to 30 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.75 meter (9′ 1″). Usually, Amazonian 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 Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray colored skin, with fine hairs scattered over its body and a white chest patch. It is the smallest of the three extant species of manatee.
Animals of the same family as a Amazonian manatee
We found other animals of the Trichechidae family:
- West Indian manatee bringing 467.16 kilos (1029.91 lbs) to the scale
- African manatee bringing 454 kilos (1000.9 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Amazonian manatee
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Trichechus inunguis:
- Domestic yak with a weight of 500 kilos (1102.31 lbs)
- Horse with a weight of 401.8 kilos (885.82 lbs)
- West Indian manatee with a weight of 467.16 kilos (1029.91 lbs)
- Leopard seal with a weight of 352.84 kilos (777.88 lbs)
- Pygmy sperm whale with a weight of 431.25 kilos (950.74 lbs)
- Dromedary with a weight of 490.36 kilos (1081.06 lbs)
- Moose with a weight of 471.45 kilos (1039.37 lbs)
- Steller sea lion with a weight of 383.23 kilos (844.88 lbs)
- Risso’s dolphin with a weight of 387.25 kilos (853.74 lbs)
- African manatee with a weight of 454 kilos (1000.9 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Amazonian manatee
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Amazonian manatee:
- Malayan tapir with a size of 2.22 meter (7′ 4″)
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin with a size of 2.37 meter (7′ 10″)
- White-beaked dolphin with a size of 3.05 meter (10′ 1″)
- Mountain nyala with a size of 2.25 meter (7′ 5″)
- Caribbean monk seal with a size of 2.29 meter (7′ 7″)
- White rhinoceros with a size of 2.59 meter (8′ 6″)
- Javan rhinoceros with a size of 3.1 meter (10′ 3″)
- Rough-toothed dolphin with a size of 2.44 meter (8′ 1″)
- Leopard seal with a size of 3.05 meter (10′ 0″)
- Gayal with a size of 2.7 meter (8′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Amazonian manatee
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Amazonian manatee:
- Alpine musk deer
- Hispaniolan solenodon
- Asian golden cat
- Kinkajou
- Thorold’s deer
- Jameson’s red rock hare
- Iberian ibex
- Pacarana
- Western tree hyrax
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Amazonian manatee
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Amazonian manatee:
- Bharal with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Crested servaline genet with an average maximal age of 34 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Three-striped night monkey with an average maximal age of 25.25 years
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with an average maximal age of 32.67 years
- Eurasian beaver with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Guianan squirrel monkey with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Sambar deer with an average maximal age of 26.42 years
- Pileated gibbon with an average maximal age of 36 years
- Golden lion tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.75 years