How big does a Southern tamandua get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) reaches an average size of 56.1 cm (1′ 11″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 9 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 4.73 kg (10.42 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Southern tamanduas have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Southern tamandua (genus: Tamandua) is a member of the family Myrmecophagidae.
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 southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), also called the collared anteater or lesser anteater, is a species of anteater from South America. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats from mature to highly disturbed secondary forests and arid savannas. It feeds on ants, termites, and bees. Its very strong fore claws can be used to break insect nests or to defend itself.
Animals of the same family as a Southern tamandua
We found other animals of the Myrmecophagidae family:
- Northern tamandua with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Giant anteater with a size of 1.12 meter (3′ 9″)
- Silky anteater with a size of 17.7 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same size as a Southern tamandua
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern tamandua:
- Bahamian raccoon with a size of 46.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Yellow-throated marten with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sand cat with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Raffles’ banded langur with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Plains viscacha with a size of 52.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Black-footed gray langur with a size of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″)
- Golden palm civet with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Southern tamandua
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Southern tamandua:
- Pallid bat
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse
- Malagasy serotine
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat
- Franquet’s epauletted fruit bat
- Moustached tamarin
- Woodlark cuscus
- Long-finned pilot whale
- Michoacan deer mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Southern tamandua
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Southern tamandua:
- Edible dormouse with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Barbary ground squirrel with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Lesser long-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Eastern pygmy possum with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Florida mouse with an average maximal age of 7.33 years
- Island fox with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Banded linsang with an average maximal age of 10.67 years
- Dice’s cottontail with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Long-footed potoroo with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Taruca with an average maximal age of 10.58 years
Animals with the same weight as a Southern tamandua
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tamandua tetradactyla:
- Short-eared rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs)
- Giant bandicoot with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Proserpine rock-wallaby with a weight of 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Red fox with a weight of 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs)
- Tammar wallaby with a weight of 5.28 kilos (11.64 lbs)
- Northern tamandua with a weight of 4.11 kilos (9.06 lbs)
- Günther’s dik-dik with a weight of 4.61 kilos (10.16 lbs)