It is hard to guess what a South American gray fox weights. But we have the answer:
An adult South American gray fox (Pseudalopex griseus) on average weights 6.34 kg (13.98 lbs).
The South American gray fox is from the family Canidae (genus: Pseudalopex). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51.9 cm (1′ 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 South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus), also known as the Patagonian fox, the chilla or the gray zorro, is a species of Lycalopex, the “false” foxes. It is endemic to the southern part of South America.
Animals of the same family as a South American gray fox
We found other animals of the Canidae family:
- Golden jackal bringing 9.67 kilos (21.32 lbs) to the scale
- Sechuran fox bringing 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas fox bringing 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs) to the scale
- Maned wolf bringing 23.31 kilos (51.39 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan sand fox bringing 5.54 kilos (12.21 lbs) to the scale
- Black-backed jackal bringing 8.29 kilos (18.28 lbs) to the scale
- Arctic fox bringing 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs) to the scale
- Red fox bringing 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs) to the scale
- Cape fox bringing 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs) to the scale
- African wild dog bringing 22 kilos (48.5 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a South American gray fox
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudalopex griseus:
- Mantled howler with a weight of 6.58 kilos (14.51 lbs)
- Black-spotted cuscus with a weight of 6 kilos (13.23 lbs)
- Sun-tailed monkey with a weight of 5.26 kilos (11.6 lbs)
- Sooty mangabey with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Neotropical otter with a weight of 6.55 kilos (14.44 lbs)
- Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
- Brown’s pademelon with a weight of 5.48 kilos (12.08 lbs)
- Proserpine rock-wallaby with a weight of 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs)
- Pig-tailed langur with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a South American gray fox
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as South American gray fox:
- Antelope jackrabbit with a size of 54.6 cm (1′ 10″)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- South American coati with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Gee’s golden langur with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Beech marten with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)