It is hard to guess what a Chinese pangolin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) on average weights 4.67 kg (10.3 lbs).
The Chinese pangolin is from the family Manidae (genus: Manis). It is usually born with about 88 grams (0.19 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 37.9 cm (1′ 3″). On average, Chinese pangolins can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the wild population is estimated to have declined by more than 80% in three pangolin generations, equal to 21 years. It is threatened by poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.
Animals of the same family as a Chinese pangolin
We found other animals of the Manidae family:
- Tree pangolin bringing 1.54 kilos (3.4 lbs) to the scale
- Giant pangolin bringing 33 kilos (72.75 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed pangolin bringing 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs) to the scale
- Sunda pangolin bringing 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs) to the scale
- Ground pangolin bringing 11.92 kilos (26.28 lbs) to the scale
- Indian pangolin bringing 8.02 kilos (17.68 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Chinese pangolin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Manis pentadactyla:
- Arctic hare with a weight of 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs)
- Royal antelope with a weight of 3.9 kilos (8.6 lbs)
- Mona monkey with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Lar gibbon with a weight of 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs)
- Red ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.87 kilos (8.53 lbs)
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs)
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a weight of 5.31 kilos (11.71 lbs)
- Blue monkey with a weight of 5.04 kilos (11.11 lbs)
- Pale-throated sloth with a weight of 4.33 kilos (9.55 lbs)
- Günther’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.61 kilos (10.16 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Chinese pangolin
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chinese pangolin:
- Malagasy giant rat with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a size of 34.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- Ring-tailed cat with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Woodlark cuscus with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Raccoon dog with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- African striped weasel with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Northern common cuscus with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Malayan weasel with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Tailless tenrec with a size of 32.7 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Chinese pangolin
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Chinese pangolin: