It is hard to guess what a Greater long-nosed armadillo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri) on average weights 9.7 kg (21.39 lbs).
The Greater long-nosed armadillo is from the family Dasypodidae (genus: Dasypus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 55.7 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Greater long-nosed armadillos have 5 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 greater long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri) is a South American species of armadillo found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It is a solitary, nocturnal, terrestrial animal that feeds on arthropods and other invertebrates, usually living in the vicinity of streams and swamps.One of the larger species of armadillo, it measures 83 to 106 cm (33 to 42 in) in total length and generally weighing 8.5 to 10.5 kg (19 to 23 lb), though it can reach as much as 15 kg (33 lb). Spurs on its hind legs allow it to crawl on its knees into narrow tunnels.
Animals of the same family as a Greater long-nosed armadillo
We found other animals of the Dasypodidae family:
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Big hairy armadillo bringing 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs) to the scale
- Southern long-nosed armadillo bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Hairy long-nosed armadillo bringing 4.44 kilos (9.79 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Giant armadillo bringing 41.33 kilos (91.12 lbs) to the scale
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo bringing 3.74 kilos (8.25 lbs) to the scale
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo bringing 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs) to the scale
- Greater naked-tailed armadillo bringing 5.35 kilos (11.79 lbs) to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 129 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Greater long-nosed armadillo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dasypus kappleri:
- Fossa (animal) with a weight of 9.5 kilos (20.94 lbs)
- Short-eared dog with a weight of 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs)
- Red-shanked douc with a weight of 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs)
- Black-shanked douc with a weight of 10.33 kilos (22.77 lbs)
- Nilgiri langur with a weight of 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs)
- Side-striped jackal with a weight of 10.4 kilos (22.93 lbs)
- Pudú with a weight of 9.61 kilos (21.19 lbs)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a weight of 8.27 kilos (18.23 lbs)
- Southern pig-tailed macaque with a weight of 7.85 kilos (17.31 lbs)
- Malayan porcupine with a weight of 8 kilos (17.64 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Greater long-nosed armadillo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater long-nosed armadillo:
- Otter civet with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Sable with a size of 45.1 cm (1′ 6″)
- Island fox with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Antelope jackrabbit with a size of 54.6 cm (1′ 10″)
- Müeller’s gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Scrub hare with a size of 49.5 cm (1′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater long-nosed armadillo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Greater long-nosed armadillo: