It is hard to guess what a Cameroon clawless otter weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Cameroon clawless otter (Aonyx congicus) on average weights 21.6 kg (47.62 lbs).
The Cameroon clawless otter is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Aonyx). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 83.7 cm (2′ 9″). Usually, Cameroon clawless otters 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 Cameroon clawless otter (Aonyx capensis congicus) is a subspecies of the African clawless otter in the family Mustelidae. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and possibly Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda, or Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater spring, inland deltas, saline lakes, intermittent saline lakes, saline marshes, intermittent saline marshes, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, rocky shores, sandy shores, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, intertidal marshes, coastal saline lagoons, coastal freshwater lagoons, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.Very little is known about this species. It is a large otter and found only in the mid-part of Africa, in the tropical belt. It is believed to spend much more time on land than other otters. Congo clawless otters are one of 13 species of otters in the carnivore family Mustelidae. Other members of this family include weasels, wolverines, and ferrets. An individual otter maintains a territory. Otters mark their territories with scent, and fervently patrol and defend their territories.
Animals of the same family as a Cameroon clawless otter
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Eurasian otter bringing 8.86 kilos (19.53 lbs) to the scale
- European pine marten bringing 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs) to the scale
- Striped skunk bringing 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs) to the scale
- European mink with a weight of 567 grams
- Marine otter bringing 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs) to the scale
- Smooth-coated otter bringing 8.96 kilos (19.75 lbs) to the scale
- European polecat with a weight of 980 grams
- American mink with a weight of 904 grams
- Hog badger bringing 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs) to the scale
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Cameroon clawless otter
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Aonyx congicus:
- Thomson’s gazelle with a weight of 22.6 kilos (49.82 lbs)
- Hairy-fronted muntjac with a weight of 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs)
- Arabian tahr with a weight of 22.06 kilos (48.63 lbs)
- African wild dog with a weight of 22 kilos (48.5 lbs)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a weight of 22.91 kilos (50.51 lbs)
- Bay duiker with a weight of 20 kilos (44.09 lbs)
- Roe deer with a weight of 22.45 kilos (49.49 lbs)
- Four-horned antelope with a weight of 19.19 kilos (42.31 lbs)
- Olive baboon with a weight of 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs)
- Tufted deer with a weight of 23.04 kilos (50.79 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Cameroon clawless otter
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Cameroon clawless otter:
- Bornean yellow muntjac with a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″)
- Short-eared dog with a size of 83.3 cm (2′ 9″)
- Culpeo with a size of 72.4 cm (2′ 5″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 70.1 cm (2′ 4″)
- Chinese mountain cat with a size of 78.6 cm (2′ 7″)
- Black-fronted duiker with a size of 94.4 cm (3′ 2″)
- Black-backed jackal with a size of 70.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Sulawesi palm civet with a size of 68.9 cm (2′ 4″)
- Chimpanzee with a size of 79.6 cm (2′ 8″)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Cameroon clawless otter
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Cameroon clawless otter: