How big does a South American coati get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown South American coati (Nasua nasua) reaches an average size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 17.67 years, they grow from 145 grams (0.32 lbs) to 3.78 kg (8.34 lbs). A South American coati has 3 babies at once. The South American coati (genus: Nasua) is a member of the family Procyonidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The South American coati (can-coon) (Nasua nasua), also called the ring-tailed coati, is a coati species and a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), from tropical and subtropical South America. In Brazilian Portuguese, it is known as quati. An adult generally weighs 2–7.2 kg (4.4–15.9 lb) and is 85–113 cm (33–44 in) long, with half of that being its tail. Its color is highly variable and the rings on the tail may be only somewhat visible, but its distinguishing characteristic is that it lacks the largely white snout (or “nose”) of its northern relative, the white-nosed coati.
Animals of the same family as a South American coati
We found other animals of the Procyonidae family:
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs) to the scale
- Nasuella olivacea with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- White-nosed coati with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Raccoon with a size of 48.6 cm (1′ 8″)
- Ring-tailed cat with a size of 33.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Cozumel raccoon with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Crab-eating raccoon with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- Northern olingo bringing 1.2 kilos (2.65 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo with a weight of 620 grams
Animals with the same size as a South American coati
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as South American coati:
- Blue monkey with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Alaskan hare with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Geoffroy’s cat with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Red-legged pademelon with a size of 56.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Six-banded armadillo with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Stein’s cuscus with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a South American coati
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a South American coati:
- Long-eared hedgehog
- Indian long-eared hedgehog
- Deroo’s mouse
- Wagner’s gerbil
- Nelson’s pocket mouse
- Western red-backed vole
- Texas mouse
- Temminck’s mouse
- Rakali
- Hoary fox
Animals with the same life expectancy as a South American coati
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a South American coati:
- Brazilian porcupine with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Red wolf with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Red giant flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Snow leopard with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Greater glider with an average maximal age of 15 years
- West Caucasian tur with an average maximal age of 20.5 years
- Tayra with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Northern elephant seal with an average maximal age of 20.25 years
- Red-handed tamarin with an average maximal age of 15.33 years
- Giant armadillo with an average maximal age of 15 years
Animals with the same weight as a South American coati
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nasua nasua:
- Greater cane rat with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Short-eared rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs)
- Grivet with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
- Tiger quoll with a weight of 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs)
- Philippine porcupine with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax with a weight of 3.18 kilos (7.01 lbs)
- Marsh mongoose with a weight of 3.6 kilos (7.94 lbs)
- Quokka with a weight of 3.03 kilos (6.68 lbs)
- Maned sloth with a weight of 4.47 kilos (9.85 lbs)