It is hard to guess what a Northern tamandua weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) on average weights 4.11 kg (9.06 lbs).
The Northern tamandua is from the family Myrmecophagidae (genus: Tamandua). They can live for up to 9.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.5 cm (0′ 6″). Normally, Northern tamanduas can have babies 1 times a year.
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 tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) is a species of tamandua, an anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae. They live in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico, through Central America, and to the edge of the northern Andes.
Animals of the same family as a Northern tamandua
We found other animals of the Myrmecophagidae family:
- Silky anteater with a weight of 259 grams
- Southern tamandua bringing 4.73 kilos (10.43 lbs) to the scale
- Giant anteater bringing 28.72 kilos (63.32 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Northern tamandua
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tamandua mexicana:
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 3.37 kilos (7.43 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Royal antelope with a weight of 3.9 kilos (8.6 lbs)
- White-throated guenon with a weight of 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs)
- Short-eared rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs)
- Günther’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.61 kilos (10.16 lbs)
- White-tailed mongoose with a weight of 3.66 kilos (8.07 lbs)
- Pampas fox with a weight of 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs)
- Greater cane rat with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Alaskan hare with a weight of 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Northern tamandua
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Northern tamandua:
- Northern treeshrew with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- California leaf-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10.33 years
- Pallid bat with an average maximal age of 9.08 years
- Striped possum with an average maximal age of 9.58 years
- Jamaican coney with an average maximal age of 8.25 years
- Rock cavy with an average maximal age of 11 years
- Yellow-bellied marmot with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Greater hedgehog tenrec with an average maximal age of 10.5 years