It is hard to guess what a Hog badger weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) on average weights 8.17 kg (18.01 lbs).
The Hog badger is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Arctonyx). It is usually born with about 58 grams (0.13 lbs). They can live for up to 13.92 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 69.2 cm (2′ 4″). Usually, Hog badgers have 3 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 hog badger (Arctonyx collaris), also known as the greater hog badger, is a terrestrial mustelid native to Central and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to high levels of poaching.
Animals of the same family as a Hog badger
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- American hog-nosed skunk bringing 3.37 kilos (7.43 lbs) to the scale
- Hairy-nosed otter bringing 5.97 kilos (13.16 lbs) to the scale
- Sable bringing 1.17 kilos (2.58 lbs) to the scale
- Marbled polecat with a weight of 594 grams
- Beech marten bringing 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs) to the scale
- Palawan stink badger bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- African clawless otter bringing 19.16 kilos (42.24 lbs) to the scale
- Smooth-coated otter bringing 8.96 kilos (19.75 lbs) to the scale
- Spotted-necked otter bringing 4.18 kilos (9.22 lbs) to the scale
- Steppe polecat bringing 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hog badger
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Arctonyx collaris:
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Southern pig-tailed macaque with a weight of 7.85 kilos (17.31 lbs)
- Jaguarundi with a weight of 6.88 kilos (15.17 lbs)
- Aardwolf with a weight of 8.14 kilos (17.95 lbs)
- Black-backed jackal with a weight of 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs)
- Pig-tailed langur with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- Tana River red colobus with a weight of 8.07 kilos (17.79 lbs)
- Tana River mangabey with a weight of 7.08 kilos (15.61 lbs)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a weight of 9.07 kilos (20 lbs)
- Fishing cat with a weight of 8.83 kilos (19.47 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Hog badger
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hog badger:
- Wolverine with a size of 77.3 cm (2′ 7″)
- Pennant’s colobus with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Western red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Red-flanked duiker with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Marine otter with a size of 67.8 cm (2′ 3″)
- Canada lynx with a size of 70.4 cm (2′ 4″)
- Ursine colobus with a size of 63.5 cm (2′ 1″)
- African clawless otter with a size of 80.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Malayan civet with a size of 65.7 cm (2′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hog badger
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Hog badger:
- Bailey’s pocket mouse
- European mole
- Lesser red musk shrew
- Wagner’s gerbil
- North American beaver
- Canyon mouse
- Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
- Pyrenean desman
- Volcano harvest mouse
- Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Hog badger
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Hog badger:
- Sugar glider with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Lowland paca with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Blue duiker with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Hirola with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Red panda with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Crab-eating raccoon with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Mountain pygmy possum with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Black-footed cat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Bobak marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years