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How much does a Ground pangolin weight?

It is hard to guess what a Ground pangolin weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Ground pangolin (Manis temminckii) on average weights 11.92 kg (26.28 lbs).

The Ground pangolin is from the family Manidae (genus: Manis). It is usually born with about 345 grams (0.76 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 48.9 cm (1′ 8″). On average, Ground 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 average adult weight of a Ground pangolin is 11.92 kg (26.28 lbs)

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck’s pangolin or Cape pangolin, is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. As a group, pangolins are among the most critically endangered animals in the world.

Animals of the same family as a Ground pangolin

We found other animals of the Manidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Ground pangolin

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Manis temminckii:

Animals with the same size as a Ground pangolin

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ground pangolin:

Animals with the same litter size as a Ground pangolin

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ground pangolin: