It is hard to guess what a Oncilla weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) on average weights 1.11 kg (2.44 lbs).
The Oncilla is from the family Felidae (genus: Leopardus). It is usually born with about 30 grams (0.07 lbs). They can live for up to 10 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 25 cm (0′ 10″). Usually, Oncillas 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 oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), also known as the northern tiger cat, little spotted cat, and tigrillo, is a small spotted cat ranging from Central America to central Brazil. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the population is threatened by deforestation and conversion of habitat to agricultural land.In 2013, it was proposed to assign the population in southern Brazil and Cuyoaco to a new species L. guttulus, after it was found not to be interbreeding with the L. tigrinus population in northeast Brazil.
Animals of the same family as a Oncilla
We found other animals of the Felidae family:
- Clouded leopard bringing 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs) to the scale
- Jaguar bringing 84.26 kilos (185.76 lbs) to the scale
- Lion bringing 158.75 kilos (349.98 lbs) to the scale
- European wildcat bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
- Cat bringing 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs) to the scale
- Canada lynx bringing 9.73 kilos (21.45 lbs) to the scale
- Jungle cat bringing 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs) to the scale
- African golden cat bringing 11.29 kilos (24.89 lbs) to the scale
- Rusty-spotted cat bringing 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs) to the scale
- Jaguarundi bringing 6.88 kilos (15.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Oncilla
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Leopardus tigrinus:
- Northern olingo with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Collared titi with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- North African hedgehog bringing 931 grams to the scale
- Philippine flying lemur with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Ring-tailed cat with a weight of 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs)
- Brown greater galago with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Sunda flying lemur with a weight of 1.11 kilos (2.45 lbs)
- European polecat bringing 980 grams to the scale
- Indian grey mongoose with a weight of 1.3 kilos (2.87 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Oncilla
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Oncilla:
- European hedgehog with a size of 23.7 cm (0′ 10″)
- Tome’s spiny rat with a size of 22.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Mouse bandicoot with a size of 20 cm (0′ 8″)
- Red-handed tamarin with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Great Key Island giant rat with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Island mouse with a size of 20.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- White-tailed antsangy with a size of 22.5 cm (0′ 9″)
- Small flying fox with a size of 20.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Moluccan flying fox with a size of 25.3 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Oncilla
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Oncilla:
- Dwarf sperm whale
- Goat
- Agile wallaby
- Southern three-banded armadillo
- Black-headed spider monkey
- Golden snub-nosed monkey
- Little forest bat
- Dusky leaf-nosed bat
- Eastern woolly lemur
- Long-tailed chinchilla
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Oncilla
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Oncilla:
- Black-footed cat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Yellow-bellied marmot with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Barbary ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Greater spear-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Eastern bettong with an average maximal age of 11.75 years
- Fisher (animal) with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Asian small-clawed otter with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Boodie with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Spectral tarsier with an average maximal age of 12 years