It is hard to guess what a Kodkod weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Kodkod (Oncifelis guigna) on average weights 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs).
The Kodkod is from the family Felidae (genus: Oncifelis). They can live for up to 11 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 38.8 cm (1′ 4″). Usually, Kodkods have 2 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 kodkod (Leopardus guigna) (Spanish pronunciation: [koðˈkoð]), also called güiña, is the smallest cat in the Americas. It lives primarily in central and southern Chile and marginally in adjoining areas of Argentina. Its area of distribution is small compared to the other South American cats. Since 2002, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List as the total effective population may comprise less than 10,000 mature individuals, and is threatened due to persecution and loss of habitat and prey base.
Animals of the same family as a Kodkod
We found other animals of the Felidae family:
- Andean mountain cat bringing 8.13 kilos (17.92 lbs) to the scale
- Jungle cat bringing 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs) to the scale
- Cheetah bringing 50.54 kilos (111.42 lbs) to the scale
- Leopard cat bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Fishing cat bringing 8.83 kilos (19.47 lbs) to the scale
- Clouded leopard bringing 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs) to the scale
- Geoffroy’s cat bringing 2.73 kilos (6.02 lbs) to the scale
- Andean mountain cat bringing 8.13 kilos (17.92 lbs) to the scale
- Iberian lynx bringing 11.08 kilos (24.43 lbs) to the scale
- European wildcat bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Kodkod
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oncifelis guigna:
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Black-rumped agouti with a weight of 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs)
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Wedge-capped capuchin with a weight of 2.79 kilos (6.15 lbs)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Aye-aye with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Swift fox with a weight of 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs)
- Virginia opossum with a weight of 2.46 kilos (5.42 lbs)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Kodkod
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Kodkod:
- Lutrine opossum with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
- Lord Derby’s scaly-tailed squirrel with a size of 35.7 cm (1′ 3″)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- African savanna hare with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Platypus with a size of 41.9 cm (1′ 5″)
- Philippine flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Coppery titi with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Pagai Island macaque with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Steppe polecat with a size of 43.2 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Kodkod
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Kodkod:
- Crested agouti
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat
- African clawless otter
- Mountain treeshrew
- Black-shouldered opossum
- Pygmy mouse lemur
- Edward’s swamp rat
- Bottego’s shrew
- Greater Egyptian jerboa
- Stirton’s deer mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Kodkod
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Kodkod:
- California leaf-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10.33 years
- Asian small-clawed otter with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Topi with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Harnessed bushbuck with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Maxwell’s duiker with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Muskrat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Short-eared dog with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Fisher (animal) with an average maximal age of 10.08 years