It is hard to guess what a Northern naked-tailed armadillo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis) on average weights 3.74 kg (8.25 lbs).
The Northern naked-tailed armadillo is from the family Dasypodidae (genus: Cabassous). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.6 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Northern naked-tailed armadillos 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 northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis) is a species of armadillo. It is one of only two species of armadillo found outside of South America, the other being the more widely distributed nine-banded armadillo.
Animals of the same family as a Northern naked-tailed armadillo
We found other animals of the Dasypodidae family:
- Seven-banded armadillo bringing 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs) to the scale
- Six-banded armadillo bringing 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs) to the scale
- Pichi bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Southern long-nosed armadillo bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Greater long-nosed armadillo bringing 9.7 kilos (21.38 lbs) to the scale
- Big hairy armadillo bringing 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs) to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 130 grams
- Southern three-banded armadillo bringing 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs) to the scale
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo bringing 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs) to the scale
- Screaming hairy armadillo with a weight of 930 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Northern naked-tailed armadillo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cabassous centralis:
- Brazilian porcupine with a weight of 4.12 kilos (9.08 lbs)
- Tiger quoll with a weight of 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs)
- South American coati with a weight of 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Coquerel’s sifaka with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax with a weight of 3.18 kilos (7.01 lbs)
- Arctic fox with a weight of 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs)
- Maned sloth with a weight of 4.47 kilos (9.85 lbs)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a weight of 3.24 kilos (7.14 lbs)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Northern naked-tailed armadillo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern naked-tailed armadillo:
- Chinese pangolin with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a size of 37 cm (1′ 3″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Six-banded armadillo with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Korean hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Cozumel raccoon with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Omilteme cottontail with a size of 39.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Crowned lemur with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Red-eared guenon with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern naked-tailed armadillo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern naked-tailed armadillo: