It is hard to guess what a Spotted-necked otter weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spotted-necked otter (Lutra maculicollis) on average weights 4.19 kg (9.24 lbs).
The Spotted-necked otter is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Lutra). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 59.7 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Spotted-necked otters have 2 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 spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis), or speckle-throated otter, is an otter native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Spotted-necked otter
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Stoat with a weight of 284 grams
- Fisher (animal) bringing 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs) to the scale
- Giant otter bringing 26 kilos (57.32 lbs) to the scale
- Honey badger bringing 9 kilos (19.84 lbs) to the scale
- Palawan stink badger bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Asian small-clawed otter bringing 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel with a weight of 264 grams
- Greater grison bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Back-striped weasel bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Eurasian otter bringing 8.86 kilos (19.53 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Spotted-necked otter
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lutra maculicollis:
- Antelope jackrabbit with a weight of 3.93 kilos (8.66 lbs)
- White-throated guenon with a weight of 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs)
- Red-legged pademelon with a weight of 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs)
- Mexican agouti with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Pale-throated sloth with a weight of 4.33 kilos (9.55 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Gray fox with a weight of 3.83 kilos (8.44 lbs)
- Northern tamandua with a weight of 4.11 kilos (9.06 lbs)
- Kirk’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- Black agouti with a weight of 3.5 kilos (7.72 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Spotted-necked otter
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Spotted-necked otter:
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Müeller’s gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red-legged pademelon with a size of 56.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Red-flanked duiker with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Cape fox with a size of 53.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Dingiso with a size of 67.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 70.1 cm (2′ 4″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Stump-tailed macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Southern pig-tailed macaque with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Spotted-necked otter
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Spotted-necked otter: