It is hard to guess what a Northern olingo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) on average weights 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs).
The Northern olingo is from the family Procyonidae (genus: Bassaricyon). It is usually born with about 55 grams (0.12 lbs). They can live for up to 25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 41.2 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Northern olingos 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 olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii), also known as the bushy-tailed olingo or as simply the olingo (due to it being the most commonly seen of the species), is a tree-dwelling member of the family Procyonidae, which also includes raccoons. It was the first species of olingo to be described, and while it is considered by some authors to be the only genuine olingo species, a recent review of the genus Bassaricyon has shown that there are a total of four olingo species, although two of the former species should now be considered as a part of this species. Its scientific name honors William More Gabb, who collected the first specimen. It is native to Central America.
Animals of the same family as a Northern olingo
We found other animals of the Procyonidae family:
- White-nosed coati bringing 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs) to the scale
- Kinkajou bringing 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs) to the scale
- Cozumel raccoon bringing 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs) to the scale
- Bahamian raccoon with a size of 46.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- South American coati bringing 3.78 kilos (8.33 lbs) to the scale
- Tres Marias raccoon with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Cacomistle with a weight of 906 grams
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Northern olingo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bassaricyon gabbii:
- Fennec fox with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Potto with a weight of 1.08 kilos (2.38 lbs)
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs)
- Reclusive ringtail possum with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Platypus with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Indian giant squirrel with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Gambian pouched rat with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Eastern cottontail with a weight of 1.21 kilos (2.67 lbs)
- Eastern quoll with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Common opossum with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Northern olingo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern olingo:
- Angolan talapoin with a size of 35.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- African savanna hare with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Omilteme cottontail with a size of 39.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-eared opossum with a size of 36 cm (1′ 3″)
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- European polecat with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Red acouchi with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern olingo
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern olingo:
- Long-footed potoroo
- Kirk’s dik-dik
- Kinkajou
- Banded hare-wallaby
- Ursine colobus
- Pygmy killer whale
- Tamaraw
- Pallas’s squirrel
- Red-necked wallaby
- Sooty mustached bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Northern olingo
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Northern olingo:
- Bontebok with an average maximal age of 21.67 years
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20.17 years
- Blue monkey with an average maximal age of 27.08 years
- Hector’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Brown fur seal with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Red-tailed monkey with an average maximal age of 28.25 years
- Steller sea lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Crested mona monkey with an average maximal age of 24.08 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Purple-faced langur with an average maximal age of 23 years