It is hard to guess what a Desert warthog weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) on average weights 75.61 kg (166.68 lbs).
The Desert warthog is from the family Suidae (genus: Phacochoerus). It is usually born with about 691 grams (1.52 lbs). They can live for up to 18.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 100 cm (3′ 4″). On average, Desert warthogs can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 3.
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 desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the pig family (Suidae), found in northern Kenya and Somalia, and possibly Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. This is the range of the extant subspecies, commonly known as the Somali warthog (P. a. delamerei). Another subspecies, commonly known as the Cape warthog (P. a. aethiopicus), became extinct around 1865, but formerly occurred in South Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Desert warthog
We found other animals of the Suidae family:
- Giant forest hog bringing 196.57 kilos (433.36 lbs) to the scale
- Wild boar bringing 84.49 kilos (186.27 lbs) to the scale
- Javan warty pig bringing 89.2 kilos (196.65 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy hog bringing 7.92 kilos (17.46 lbs) to the scale
- Bornean bearded pig bringing 135.4 kilos (298.51 lbs) to the scale
- Celebes warty pig bringing 53.46 kilos (117.86 lbs) to the scale
- Bushpig bringing 68.91 kilos (151.92 lbs) to the scale
- Buru babirusa bringing 92.33 kilos (203.55 lbs) to the scale
- Visayan warty pig bringing 189.4 kilos (417.56 lbs) to the scale
- Common warthog bringing 82.5 kilos (181.88 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Desert warthog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phacochoerus aethiopicus:
- Kob with a weight of 79.77 kilos (175.86 lbs)
- Short-beaked common dolphin with a weight of 79.29 kilos (174.8 lbs)
- Alpine ibex with a weight of 69.42 kilos (153.04 lbs)
- Spectacled porpoise with a weight of 65 kilos (143.3 lbs)
- Lechwe with a weight of 88.02 kilos (194.05 lbs)
- West Caucasian tur with a weight of 60.73 kilos (133.89 lbs)
- Bushpig with a weight of 68.91 kilos (151.92 lbs)
- Baikal seal with a weight of 89.5 kilos (197.31 lbs)
- Chital with a weight of 69.5 kilos (153.22 lbs)
- Pantropical spotted dolphin with a weight of 65.72 kilos (144.89 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Desert warthog
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Desert warthog:
- Painted spiny pocket mouse
- Desert hedgehog
- Broad-striped dasyure
- Aztec mouse
- Delany’s mouse
- Savanna gerbil
- Hispid pocket mouse
- Hooper’s mouse
- Crab-eating mongoose
- Holochilus brasiliensis
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Desert warthog
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Desert warthog:
- Keen’s myotis with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Hector’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Bechstein’s bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Blue wildebeest with an average maximal age of 21.5 years
- Cape porcupine with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Asian golden cat with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Chamois with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Smooth-coated otter with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Western barbastelle with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Northern bat with an average maximal age of 15.5 years