It is hard to guess what a Short-eared dog weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis) on average weights 8.36 kg (18.44 lbs).
The Short-eared dog is from the family Canidae (genus: Atelocynus). They can live for up to 11 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 83.3 cm (2′ 9″).
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 short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), also known as the short-eared zorro and small-eared dog, is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. This is the only species assigned to the genus Atelocynus.
Animals of the same family as a Short-eared dog
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Kit fox bringing 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian wolf bringing 14.38 kilos (31.7 lbs) to the scale
- Culpeo bringing 8.62 kilos (19 lbs) to the scale
- Gray fox bringing 3.83 kilos (8.44 lbs) to the scale
- Rüppell’s fox bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
- Bat-eared fox bringing 4.07 kilos (8.97 lbs) to the scale
- Raccoon dog bringing 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs) to the scale
- Fennec fox bringing 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs) to the scale
- Sechuran fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Red fox bringing 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Short-eared dog
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Atelocynus microtis:
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a weight of 8.35 kilos (18.41 lbs)
- Culpeo with a weight of 8.62 kilos (19 lbs)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a weight of 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a weight of 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs)
- Andean mountain cat with a weight of 8.13 kilos (17.92 lbs)
- Malayan porcupine with a weight of 8 kilos (17.64 lbs)
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 8.31 kilos (18.32 lbs)
- American badger with a weight of 7.84 kilos (17.28 lbs)
- Black-footed gray langur with a weight of 10.03 kilos (22.11 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Short-eared dog
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Short-eared dog:
- Golden jackal with a size of 83 cm (2′ 9″)
- Gray brocket with a size of 91.8 cm (3′ 1″)
- Clouded leopard with a size of 83.8 cm (2′ 9″)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- Bornean orangutan with a size of 89 cm (3′ 0″)
- Steenbok with a size of 82.4 cm (2′ 9″)
- Blue duiker with a size of 69.3 cm (2′ 4″)
- Gray brocket with a size of 92.3 cm (3′ 1″)
- Fisher (animal) with a size of 75.1 cm (2′ 6″)
- Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth with a size of 69 cm (2′ 4″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Short-eared dog
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Short-eared dog:
- Ring-tailed vontsira with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Marbled polecat with an average maximal age of 8.92 years
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Striped possum with an average maximal age of 9.58 years
- White-tailed mongoose with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Chacoan peccary with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Whiskered bat with an average maximal age of 9.25 years
- Javan mongoose with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Desmarest’s hutia with an average maximal age of 11.33 years