It is hard to guess what a Pale-throated sloth weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) on average weights 4.33 kg (9.54 lbs).
The Pale-throated sloth is from the family Bradypodidae (genus: Bradypus). It is usually born with about 179 grams (0.39 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54.8 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Pale-throated sloths 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 pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America.It is similar in appearance to, and often confused with, the brown-throated sloth, which has a much wider distribution. Genetic evidence has been interpreted to suggest the two species diverged only around 400,000 years ago, although the most recent evidence indicates the split was closer to 6 million years.
Animals of the same family as a Pale-throated sloth
We found other animals of the Bradypodidae family:
- Brown-throated sloth bringing 4 kilos (8.82 lbs) to the scale
- Maned sloth bringing 4.47 kilos (9.85 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Pale-throated sloth
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bradypus tridactylus:
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs)
- Alaskan hare with a weight of 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a weight of 3.71 kilos (8.18 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Kit fox with a weight of 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs)
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Spotted-necked otter with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- Otter civet with a weight of 4.25 kilos (9.37 lbs)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Pampas fox with a weight of 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Pale-throated sloth
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pale-throated sloth:
- Stripe-necked mongoose with a size of 47.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Rüppell’s fox with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Gray fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a size of 50.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Geoffroy’s cat with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Small Indian civet with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- Hoolock gibbon with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Lowland paca with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Pale-throated sloth
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Pale-throated sloth: