It is hard to guess what a Binturong weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Binturong (Arctictis binturong) on average weights 13 kg (28.66 lbs).
The Binturong is from the family Viverridae (genus: Arctictis). It is usually born with about 317 grams (0.7 lbs). They can live for up to 22.67 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 78.7 cm (2′ 7″). Usually, Binturongs have 2 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 binturong ( bin-TOO-rong) (Arctictis binturong), also known as bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is uncommon in much of its range, and has been assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining population trend that is estimated at more than 30% since the mid 1980s.The binturong was first described by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1822.The genus Arctictis is monotypic and morphologically similar to the genera Paradoxurus and Paguma. The name Arctictis means ‘bear-weasel’, from Greek arkt- ‘bear’ + iktis ‘weasel’.In Riau, Indonesia it was known as tenturun.
Animals of the same family as a Binturong
We found other animals of the Viverridae family:
- Cape genet bringing 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs) to the scale
- Banded palm civet bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Haussa genet bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Sulawesi palm civet bringing 5.15 kilos (11.35 lbs) to the scale
- Large-spotted civet bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern falanouc bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Otter civet bringing 4.25 kilos (9.37 lbs) to the scale
- Common genet bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Asian palm civet bringing 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs) to the scale
- Malagasy civet bringing 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Binturong
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Arctictis binturong:
- African civet with a weight of 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs)
- Swamp wallaby with a weight of 15 kilos (33.07 lbs)
- Klipspringer with a weight of 13.46 kilos (29.67 lbs)
- European badger with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Black-fronted duiker with a weight of 14.44 kilos (31.83 lbs)
- Steenbok with a weight of 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs)
- Tibetan macaque with a weight of 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs)
- Hamadryas baboon with a weight of 14.97 kilos (33 lbs)
- Water deer with a weight of 12.73 kilos (28.06 lbs)
- Southern muriqui with a weight of 10.57 kilos (23.3 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Binturong
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Binturong:
- Black-backed jackal with a size of 70.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Side-striped jackal with a size of 74.7 cm (2′ 6″)
- Hamadryas baboon with a size of 67.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Collared peccary with a size of 88.6 cm (2′ 11″)
- Pygathrix bieti with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
- Black snub-nosed monkey with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
- Black musk deer with a size of 90 cm (3′ 0″)
- African wild dog with a size of 92.4 cm (3′ 1″)
- North American river otter with a size of 68.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Dingiso with a size of 67.4 cm (2′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Binturong
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Binturong:
- Low’s squirrel
- Striped polecat
- Golden-backed tree-rat
- Spiny pocket mouse
- Mzab gundi
- Southern yellow bat
- Western gray squirrel
- Red acouchi
- Fresno kangaroo rat
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Binturong
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Binturong:
- Galápagos fur seal with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Indian hog deer with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Mediterranean monk seal with an average maximal age of 23.67 years
- Sunda slow loris with an average maximal age of 26.5 years
- Scimitar oryx with an average maximal age of 20.42 years
- Eurasian lynx with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Anoa with an average maximal age of 22.5 years
- Red river hog with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Lesser horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 21 years