It is hard to guess what a Andean mountain cat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobitus) on average weights 8.13 kg (17.93 lbs).
The Andean mountain cat is from the family Felidae (genus: Leopardus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 59.9 cm (2′ 0″).
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 Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 2,500 individuals are thought to exist in the wild. It is traditionally considered a sacred animal by indigenous Aymara and Quechua people.It was first described by Emilio Cornalia who named it in honour of Jacobita Mantegazza.
Animals of the same family as a Andean mountain cat
We found other animals of the Felidae family:
- Cat bringing 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs) to the scale
- Leopard cat bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Iberian lynx bringing 11.08 kilos (24.43 lbs) to the scale
- Andean mountain cat bringing 8.13 kilos (17.92 lbs) to the scale
- Clouded leopard bringing 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs) to the scale
- Sand cat bringing 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs) to the scale
- Jaguar bringing 84.26 kilos (185.76 lbs) to the scale
- Bay cat bringing 3.43 kilos (7.56 lbs) to the scale
- Ocelot bringing 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs) to the scale
- Jaguarundi bringing 6.88 kilos (15.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Andean mountain cat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Leopardus jacobitus:
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.12 kilos (20.11 lbs)
- Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
- Hoolock gibbon with a weight of 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs)
- Celebes crested macaque with a weight of 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a weight of 8.23 kilos (18.14 lbs)
- Tasmanian devil with a weight of 8.2 kilos (18.08 lbs)
- Tana River mangabey with a weight of 7.08 kilos (15.61 lbs)
- Peruvian spider monkey with a weight of 7.09 kilos (15.63 lbs)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a weight of 7.6 kilos (16.76 lbs)
- Angola colobus with a weight of 8.99 kilos (19.82 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Andean mountain cat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Andean mountain cat:
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 60.4 cm (2′ 0″)
- Gelada with a size of 62 cm (2′ 1″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Thick-spined porcupine with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Lar gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black dorcopsis with a size of 59.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Hamadryas baboon with a size of 67.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Servaline genet with a size of 49.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Plains viscacha with a size of 52.4 cm (1′ 9″)