It is hard to guess what a Bush dog weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bush dog (Speothos venaticus) on average weights 6.32 kg (13.94 lbs).
The Bush dog is from the family Canidae (genus: Speothos). It is usually born with about 158 grams (0.35 lbs). They can live for up to 10.33 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 62.6 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Bush dogs have 4 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 bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is a canid found in Central and South America. In spite of its extensive range, it is very rare in most areas except in Suriname, Guyana and Peru; it was first identified by Peter Wilhelm Lund from fossils in Brazilian caves and was believed to be extinct. The bush dog is the only living species in the genus Speothos, and genetic evidence suggests that its closest living relative is the maned wolf of central South America or the African wild dog. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.In Brazil it is called cachorro-vinagre (“vinegar dog”) or cachorro-do-mato (“bush dog”). In Spanish-speaking countries it is called perro vinagre (“vinegar dog”), zorro vinagre (“vinegar fox”), perro de agua (“water dog”), or perro de monte (“mountain dog”).
Animals of the same family as a Bush dog
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Falkland Islands wolf with a size of 96 cm (3′ 2″)
- Culpeo bringing 8.62 kilos (19 lbs) to the scale
- Wolf bringing 33.38 kilos (73.59 lbs) to the scale
- Fennec fox bringing 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs) to the scale
- Rüppell’s fox bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
- Maned wolf bringing 23.31 kilos (51.39 lbs) to the scale
- Crab-eating fox bringing 5.74 kilos (12.65 lbs) to the scale
- Golden jackal bringing 9.67 kilos (21.32 lbs) to the scale
- Blanford’s fox with a weight of 994 grams
- Red fox bringing 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Bush dog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Speothos venaticus:
- Hose’s langur with a weight of 6.29 kilos (13.87 lbs)
- Crab-eating raccoon with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Red-handed howler with a weight of 6.17 kilos (13.6 lbs)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- Celebes crested macaque with a weight of 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs)
- Black howler with a weight of 5.58 kilos (12.3 lbs)
- Hoolock gibbon with a weight of 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs)
- De Brazza’s monkey with a weight of 5.32 kilos (11.73 lbs)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a weight of 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs)
- Sulawesi palm civet with a weight of 5.15 kilos (11.35 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Bush dog
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bush dog:
- Tres Marias raccoon with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Andean mountain cat with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Black-shanked douc with a size of 60.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Grivet with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Delacour’s langur with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bush dog
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Bush dog:
- Steppe lemming
- Dark bolo mouse
- African pygmy mouse
- Large New Guinea spiny rat
- White-tailed jackrabbit
- Utah prairie dog
- Great Basin pocket mouse
- Plateau pika
- Rudd’s mouse
- Black-tailed gerbil
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bush dog
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bush dog:
- Common spotted cuscus with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Greater bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Pacarana with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Western tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Chinese ferret-badger with an average maximal age of 10.5 years
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- American red squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Red-necked pademelon with an average maximal age of 9 years