It is hard to guess what a Asian small-clawed otter weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) on average weights 3.53 kg (7.78 lbs).
The Asian small-clawed otter is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Aonyx). It is usually born with about 56 grams (0.12 lbs). They can live for up to 10.08 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51.6 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Asian small-clawed otters 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 Asian small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter or simply small-clawed otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to South and Southeast Asia. It is a member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), and is the smallest otter species in the world. Its paws are a distinctive feature; its claws do not extend beyond the fleshy end pads of its partially webbed fingers and toes. This gives it a high degree of manual dexterity so that it can use its paws to feed on molluscs, crabs and other small aquatic animals.The Asian small-clawed otter inhabits mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands in South and Southeast Asia. It lives in extended family groups with only the alpha pair breeding; offspring from previous years help to raise the young. Due to ongoing habitat loss, pollution, and hunting in some areas, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Asian small-clawed otter
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- African clawless otter bringing 19.16 kilos (42.24 lbs) to the scale
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.69 kilos (3.73 lbs) to the scale
- Striped polecat with a weight of 812 grams
- Striped hog-nosed skunk bringing 2.01 kilos (4.43 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese marten bringing 1 kilos (2.2 lbs) to the scale
- Eurasian otter bringing 8.86 kilos (19.53 lbs) to the scale
- African striped weasel with a weight of 308 grams
- Yellow-bellied weasel with a weight of 264 grams
- Hairy-nosed otter bringing 5.97 kilos (13.16 lbs) to the scale
- Black-footed ferret with a weight of 907 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Asian small-clawed otter
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Aonyx cinerea:
- Long-nosed mongoose with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Gray fox with a weight of 3.83 kilos (8.44 lbs)
- Greater cane rat with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Sclater’s guenon with a weight of 3.07 kilos (6.77 lbs)
- Raccoon dog with a weight of 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs)
- Spotted-necked otter with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Pallas’s cat with a weight of 3.05 kilos (6.72 lbs)
- Wolf’s mona monkey with a weight of 3.26 kilos (7.19 lbs)
- Cozumel raccoon with a weight of 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Asian small-clawed otter
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Asian small-clawed otter:
- White-throated guenon with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Moustached guenon with a size of 52 cm (1′ 9″)
- Cape genet with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Steppe polecat with a size of 43.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Delacour’s langur with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.6 cm (1′ 6″)
- Brazilian porcupine with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Asian small-clawed otter
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Asian small-clawed otter:
- Central American squirrel monkey
- African palm civet
- Dian’s tarsier
- Collared titi
- Caspian seal
- Dwarf brocket
- Salt’s dik-dik
- Unadorned rock-wallaby
- Little brown bat
- Fischer’s pygmy fruit bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Asian small-clawed otter
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Asian small-clawed otter:
- Fulvus roundleaf bat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Greater fairy armadillo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Edible dormouse with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Banded mongoose with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Pallid bat with an average maximal age of 9.08 years
- Horsfield’s tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Red acouchi with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Red-legged sun squirrel with an average maximal age of 8.83 years
- Black-footed ferret with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Hispaniolan solenodon with an average maximal age of 11.33 years