It is hard to guess what a Malayan porcupine weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) on average weights 8 kg (17.64 lbs).
The Malayan porcupine is from the family Hystricidae (genus: Hystrix). It is usually born with about 341 grams (0.75 lbs). They can live for up to 27.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 52.8 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Malayan porcupines have 1 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 Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia.
Animals of the same family as a Malayan porcupine
We found other animals of the Hystricidae family:
- Philippine porcupine bringing 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs) to the scale
- Crested porcupine bringing 13.4 kilos (29.54 lbs) to the scale
- Cape porcupine bringing 14.92 kilos (32.89 lbs) to the scale
- Thick-spined porcupine bringing 4.59 kilos (10.12 lbs) to the scale
- African brush-tailed porcupine bringing 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed porcupine bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Indian crested porcupine bringing 14.3 kilos (31.53 lbs) to the scale
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine bringing 2 kilos (4.41 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Malayan porcupine
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hystrix brachyura:
- North American river otter with a weight of 8.09 kilos (17.84 lbs)
- Peruvian spider monkey with a weight of 7.09 kilos (15.63 lbs)
- Phayre’s leaf monkey with a weight of 7.69 kilos (16.95 lbs)
- King colobus with a weight of 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs)
- Short-eared dog with a weight of 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs)
- Sooty mangabey with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Fishing cat with a weight of 8.83 kilos (19.47 lbs)
- Patagonian mara with a weight of 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs)
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby with a weight of 8.5 kilos (18.74 lbs)
- Koala with a weight of 6.55 kilos (14.44 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Malayan porcupine
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Malayan porcupine:
- Grivet with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black-crested Sumatran langur with a size of 50.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Bush dog with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Red-faced spider monkey with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bat-eared fox with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Brown palm civet with a size of 58.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- African savanna hare with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Malayan porcupine
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Malayan porcupine:
- Canyon bat
- Pagai Island macaque
- Red-faced spider monkey
- Taruca
- Black wallaroo
- Short-beaked echidna
- Silvery lutung
- Potto
- Spotted-winged fruit bat
- Smoky pocket gopher
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Malayan porcupine
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Malayan porcupine:
- Mediterranean monk seal with an average maximal age of 23.67 years
- Wolf with an average maximal age of 29.5 years
- King colobus with an average maximal age of 30.5 years
- Grévy’s zebra with an average maximal age of 26 years
- Bald uakari with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Coyote with an average maximal age of 21.83 years
- Moustached guenon with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Giant anteater with an average maximal age of 26 years
- Vicuña with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Kinkajou with an average maximal age of 29 years